Diary November 12, 1943

11-1943, Diary WW2, War Diary, Year 1943 / 1 minute of reading

Advancing Russian troops moving a anti-tank gun forward by hand. The over-all quality of the Russian infantry was decreasing from spring 1943 onwards, since the Red Army conscripted all availabe men till age of 60 in the recaptured territories.

WW2 War Diary for Friday, November 12, 1943:

Eastern Front

Southern Sector: Russians recapture Zhitomir, west of Kiev, thereby cutting vital Leningrad-Odessa railway.

Sea War

Indian Ocean: British submarine Taurus sinks Japanese submarine I-34 off Penang.
Atlantic: U-boat U-220 lays mines off St. John’s, Newfoundland (2 ships sunk).
Mediterranean – Operation Leopard: Germans land on Leros (Dodecanese); British-Italian garrison surrenders, November 16, after fierce fighting.

Air War

Pacific: 50 surviving Japanese carrier planes withdrawn from Rabaul.

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My name is Norman 'Kretaner' and since my childhood I am interested in history and strategy games. Later, I have learned programming and the development of computer games, and finally with the Internet, also web design. I'm in the fortunate position to combine all my interests with my work and to live on a place of my choice, on Crete. All information, figures, specifications and statistics used here had been compiled from a variety of sources and the large, over decades collected, library of the author about military history, WW2 and weapons.

Eastern Front

Sea War

Air War

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