Diary September 23, 1943

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

Loading a Nebelwefer rocket-launcher in the mountains between Naples and the Gulf of Salerno.

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, September 23, 1943:

Mediterranean

Italy: US 5th Army launches offensive north of Salerno.

Sea War

Mediterranean: Destroyer Eclipse sinks German torpedo boat and prison ship Donizetti carrying 1,576 Italians, south of Rhodes.
Pacific: Tanker convoy destroyed by US submarine Trigger, off Formosa.

Air War

Germany: 658 RAF bombers attacking Hannover and dropping 2,357t of bombs.

Occupied Territories

Corsica: French occupy Bonifacio.
Italy: Mussolini publicly announces creation of the Fascist Social Republic of Salo (town on Lake Garda) in North Italy.

Home Fronts

Britain: Death of Elinor Glyn, Anglo-Canadian author of ‘scandalous’ romances including ‘Three Weeks’ (1907), aged 78.

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.