Diary September 30, 1943

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

The Nevsky Prospekt during the siege of Leningrad.

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, September 30, 1943:

Eastern Front

Siege of Leningrad: 11,394 shells fall on city in September, killing 124 and wounding 468.

Home Fronts

Italy: Badoglio forms a new Cabinet, composed (with one exception) of top-ranking military and naval officers.

Occupied Territories

Denmark: Atomic physicist Niels Bohr escapes to Sweden. Nazis begin rounding-up Danish Jews.

Sea War

Merchant shipping losses in September 1943: 11 Allied ships with 54,545 tons in Atlantic, 18 Allied ships with 101,874 tons elsewhere.
2 Axis ships with 1,437 tons in Mediterranean, 45 Japanese ships with 178,966 tons in Pacific.
9 Axis submarines sunk in the Atlantic, Arctic, Mediterranean or Baltic (worldwide total of 8 German U-boat losses), 22 new U-boats operational, 434 U-boats of all types total in service.

Air War

Germany: 312 RAF bombers attacking Bochum and dropping 1,318t of bombs.

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.