Diary October 20, 1943

10-1943, Diary WW2, War Diary, Year 1943 / 1 minute of reading

'Ranger' Mosquito night intruders — ‘Ranger’ Mosquito night intruders with the latest avionics were every night over Germany.

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, October 20, 1943:

Air War

Germany: 285 RAF and RCAF Lancaster bombers raid Leipzig in severe weather (1,085t bombs dropped). Mosquitoe bombers attack Berlin. 17 planes lost.
Britain: Attempted night raids on London and Hull fail abysmally.

Eastern Front

Southern Sector: 4 Russian ‘Fronts’ (army groups), previously known as ‘Voronezh’, ‘Steppe’, ‘South-West’ and ‘South’, redesignated ‘1st’ to ‘4th’ Ukrainian Fronts (UFs).

Sea War

Caribbean: U-boat U-516 sinks 6 ships and escapes despite week-long hunt by Allied forces.
Pacific – Operation Ro: 6 Japanese carriers ferry 173 planes from Truk to Rabaul in readiness for planned offensive in Solomons.

Politics

Britain and USA agree to establish investigative War Crimes Commission.

About The Author

Kretaner

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.