WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, November 16, 1943:
Sea War
Mediterranean: Germans gain control of Leros
Air War
Scandinavia: B-17 Fortress and B-24 Liberator bombers attack Knaben molybdenum mines and Norsk Hydro power station, Norway.
Occupied Territories
Lebanon: General Catroux arrives in Beirut with full powers to settle constitutional crisis (French reinstate President Khoury, and recall General Helleu, November 22).