Diary September 18, 1943

09-1943, Diary WW2, War Diary, Year 1943 / 1 minute of reading

88 guns during the heavy fighting at Salerno — 88mm guns during the heavy fighting at Salerno, Southern Italy. 44 rings on this barrel denote the number of ‘tank kills’.

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, September 18, 1943:

Mediterranean

Italy: 5th Army captures Battipaglia. Germans retreat from Salerno bridgehead.

Sea War

Atlantic: RESUMPTION OF ‘WOLF-PACK’ OPERATIONS AGAINST CONVOYS following re-equipment of U-boats with electronic monitoring equipment, 8×20-mm anti-aircraft guns and acoustic torpedoes.
Pacific: US carrier strike on Tarawa.

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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.

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