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World War II in real time Oct 18, 2022 2:51:39 GMT stevep, gillan1220, and 1 more like this

Post by lordroel on Oct 18, 2022 2:51:39 GMT

Day 1496 of World War II, October 18th 1943

Eastern Front

Fighting around Melitopol continued as the Soviets penetrated to the centre of town.

Air War over Europe

During the night, RAF Bomber Command dispatches 360 Lancasters to attack Hannover; 349 aircraft attack the city with the loss of 18 aircraft, 5.0 per cent of the force. The target area is covered by cloud and the Pathfinders are not successful in marking the position of Hannover. The raid is scattered, with most bombs falling in open country north and north-west of the city. This raid concludes the current series of raids on Hannover. Bomber Command has dispatched 2,253 sorties in four raids and ten USAAF Eighth Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress sorties had also been flown; 1,976 aircraft claimed to have bombed in the target area. Only one raid has been completely successful but that had caused severe damage. One hundred ten bombers are lost on the raids, 4.9 per cent of those dispatched. One of the Lancasters lost on the Hannover raid is the 5,000th Bomber Command aircraft lost on operations since the start of the war. By the end of this night, the bombers have flown approximately 144,500 sorties, 90 per cent of them by night, and lost 5,004 aircraft, 4,365 by night and 639 by day, over German territory, crashed in the sea or shot down over England by German Intruders or “friendly” defences.

RAF Bomber Command also dispatches Mosquitos to attack targets: ten bomb a blast furnace at Duisburg, eight hit Emden, seven hit Berlin, three bomb a zinc factory at Stolberg and one bombs Dusseldorf.

For the past month, Allied planes have been trying to wreck German troop and supply trains to Italy but the Germans are organizing their trains in Austria and making high-speed night runs to depots near the front lines.

228 US Ninth Air Force B-26 Marauders dispatched to bomb 4 airfields were recalled before attacking because of unfavourable weather. Six RAF Bomber Command Wellingtons lay mines off Texel Island without loss.

Italian Campaign

The British 8th Army, after a brief rest period to regroup and resupply, launched its offensive toward the Trigno River while the US 5th Army captured Gioia. The slowly advancing US 3d, 34th and 45th Infantry Divisions took two dozen Italian towns and villages as the Germans retreated toward their mountainous Barbara defence line, 35 miles north of Naples. For the past month, Allied planes have been trying to wreck German troop and supply trains but the Germans were organizing their trains in Austria and making high-speed night runs to depots near the front lines.

US XII Bomber Command dispatched B-25 Mitchells to bomb the marshalling yard at Skoplje, Yugoslavia; P-38s followed with a strafing mission, damaging or destroying several locomotives and vehicles. In Italy, US XII Air Support Command A-36 Apaches hit the Venafro railroad yards, and other fighter-bombers hit gun positions, troops, and railway stations in or near Boiano, Petacciato, and Vairano. Fighters strafed airfields around Rome and also hit Viterbo, Grosseto, and the seaplane base at Bracciano, and attacked trains on the Rome-Orte and Rome-Naples, Italy lines. Northwest African Tactical Bomber Force light bombers bombed the road and railway near Cassino, the town of Carpinone, the road junction at Castiglione della Valle, and roads, bridges, and motor transport near Minturno and Chieti.

Battle of the Atlantic

Heavy cruiser Tuscaloosa (CA-37), accompanied by one U.S. and three British destroyers, transports Norwegian troops and equipment to Spitzbergen to reestablish bases destroyed in the German raid of 8 September 1943. A second allied force, with carrier Ranger (CV-4) included, provides cover for the operation.

U.S. freighter Delisle, in convoy WB 65, fouls mine laid by German submarine U-220 as the merchantman lies to, 15 miles out of St. John's, Newfoundland, rescuing survivors of British freighter Penolver. Delisle suffers no casualties and is abandoned by the 32-man crew and 7-man Armed Guard, and three sailors from Penolver. British trawler HMS Miscou rescues the survivors.

Spain/Sweden

Several thousand disabled Allied and German prisoners were swapped at Goteborg, Sweden, and Barcelona, Spain.

United States

Photo: The U.S. Navy destroyer escort USS Herzog (DE-178) off New York City (USA) on 18 October 1943

Photo: The U.S. Navy amphibious command ship USS Appalachian (AGC-1) underway off the New York (USA) coast, 18 October 1943

Pacific War

BURMA-INDIA

(Tenth Air Force): The 530th Fighter-Bomber Squadron, 311th Fighter-Bomber Group, transfers from Nawadih to Dinjan, India with A-36's.

SOUTH PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS

(Thirteenth Air Force): 28 B-24's and 40+ USN dive bombers, with cover of 50+ fighters including F4U Corsairs of VMF-214 and VMF-221 hit Ballale Airfield. Lost is F4U 17557. 14 P-39's join 20+ US Navy aircraft in a strike on Kakasa village and a tent area on Choiseul. The 70th Fighter Squadron, 18th Fighter Group, transfers from Guadalcanal to New Georgia with P-39's.

SOUTHWEST PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS

(Fifth Air Force): Nearly 80 B-24's and fighters are sent against Rabaul, but abort due to bad weather. The mission cost five Liberators, including B-24D "Mitsu Butcher" 41-24043, B-24D 42-40670, B-24D 42-40885, B-24D 41-41088 and B-24D "Mission Belle" 42-40389. 13 of the B-24's bomb Cape Hoskins; 7 others bomb Cape Gloucester and hit Sio. However, 50+ B-25's slip beneath low clouds and pound the town, airfields, and shipping from treetop and mast-height level; the B-25's sink 2 vessels and claim 70+ planes destroyed on the ground and in the air. Lost are B-25D "SNAFU / MFUTU" 41-30054, B-25D "Sorry Satchul" 41-30056, B-25C "Daisy May" 42-32262.

NEW GUINEA CAMPAIGN

In Northeast New Guinea, the Japanese 78th and 80th Regiments continue their assaults against Australian troops in the Finschhafen.

ALASKA

(Eleventh Air Force): The 406th BS (Medium), Fourth Air Force, departs Elmendorf Field, Anchorage for the US. The squadron will transition from B-25's to B-24's and arrive in England on 2 Nov 43.

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World War II in real time Oct 19, 2022 2:52:30 GMT stevep and gillan1220 like this

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Day 1497 of World War II, October 19th 1943

Eastern Front

Pyatikhatki, west of Dnepropetrovsk was under Soviet attack as was Krivoy Rog from the Kremenchug bridgehead. North of Kiev, Soviet units were consolidating their bridgeheads. Manstein was juggling units and attempting to reinforce to allow his forces holding the bend in the Dniepr River time to retreat.

Air War over Europe

HQ 359th Fighter Group and it's 369th Fighter Squadron arrives at East Wretham, England from the US with P-47's. The group will fly it's first mission on 13 Dec 43.

Italian Campaign

The German units holding Dragoni, a village 28 miles (45.1 km) north of Naples, escaped just before the attack by the US 34th Infantry Division started. The offensive by the US Fifth Army (Clark) along the Volturno river bogged down due to bad weather and in the face of the skillful German defenses.

The Northwest African Air Force began an air offensive against railroad bridges in Italy in the hope that the Germans will have to rely on coastal vessels and motor transport. During a low-level raid, US XII Bomber Command B-24s bombed bridges at Porto Civitanova, south of Porto Sant' Elpidio, north of Pedaso, and north of Cupra Marittima; fighters, fighter-bombers, and light bombers of the US XII Air Support Command, Northwest African Tactical Bomber Force, and RAF Desert Air Force attacked the town of Boiano, gun positions and troop concentrations on the outskirts of town, and an ammunition dump and railroad tunnel nearby, Viterbo and Tarquinia landing fields, the towns of Cassino and Anzio, the railroad north of Pesaro and near Pineto, trains near Barisciano, troops near Mintumo, and vehicles at several points.

Battle of the Atlantic

US freighter 'Delisle', in convoy WB 65, fouls a mine laid by German submarine 'U-220' as the merchantman lies to, 15 miles out of St. John's, Newfoundland, rescuing survivors of British freighter 'Penolver'. 'Delisle' suffered no casualties and was abandoned by the 32-man crew and 7-man Armed Guard, and three sailors from 'Penolver'. British trawler HMS 'Miscou' rescued the survivors.

Battle of the Mediterranean

USAAF B-25s and RAF Beaufighters attacked German convoys north of Crete, sinking the transport 'Sinfra' which, unbeknownst to the attackers, was transporting POWs. The ship was carrying 2,700 British and Italian prisoners; only 566 survive.

Soviet Union

The foreign ministers of the "Big Three" Allied powers - Cordell Hull, Eden and Molotov - sat down together in the Kremlin to tell one another, in the words of an official spokesman;

"....frankly and freely what is on each others' minds".

The talks, which were expected to last for ten days, will conclude with a firm pledge that the US, Britain and the Soviet Union would not consider any separate peace negotiations with Germany. Postwar co-operation between the Big Powers to guarantee peace and security would also be discussed. An outline plan for the creation of an international organization, open to all peace-loving states, was drafted and was expected to be approved. In a separate meeting in London the US and Britain promised Stalin big increases in military aid in the next eight months: 2,700,000 tons will arrive via Soviet Pacific ports, 2,400,000 tons via the Persian Gulf and 1,000,000 tons by Arctic convoy.

United States

Photo: The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6) at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington (USA), on 19 October 1943, during inclining experiment. Enterprise had entered the shipyard for a thorough modernization on 20 July 1943. Note that the Mark 33 gunfire control directors were replaced by Mark 37 directors. She is npw equipped with SK-1 air search radar. Next to it is the new SM radar, one of the first two sets produced. A SC radar was later placed on the (empty) mast on the stack

Photo: The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6) at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington (USA), on 19 October 1943. Note the newly installed 40 mm twin mounts forward

Photo: The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6) at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington (USA), on 19 October 1943. Note that the Mark 33 gunfire control director was replaced by a Mark 37 director. Note the new anti-torpedo blister

Pacific War

BURMA-INDIA

(Tenth Air Force): The 1st Troop Carrier Squadron, Tenth Air Force, transfers from New Delhi to Sookerating, India with C-47's. The 529th Fighter-Bomber Squadron, 311th Fighter-Bomber Group, transfers from Nawadih to Dinjan, India with A-36's.

JAPANESE OCCUPIED BRITISH BORNEO

Local Chinese and native Suluks rise up against the Japanese occupation of North Borneo. The revolt, staged in the capital, Jesselton, resulted in the deaths of 40 Japanese soldiers. The revolt is dealt with quickly and brutally by the Japanese. They destroy dozens of Suluk villages, round up and torture thousands of civilians, and execute almost 200 without trial. In one extreme example of cruelty, several dozen Suluk women and children have their hands tied behind them and are hanged from their wrists from a pillar of a mosque. They are then shot down by machine-gun fire.

SOUTH PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS

(Thirteenth Air Force): SOLOMON ISLANDS: Kara and Kahili Airfields on Bougainville Island are hit by 24 USAAF Thirteenth Air Force B-24s, 14 P-38s and 20 P-40s, and eight PV-1s, 20 SBDs, 12 TBFs and ten F4U Corsairs. The targets include antiaircraft emplacements. One PV-1 is lost.

SOUTHWEST PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS

(Fifth Air Force): A-20's and RAAF airplanes hit Sattelberg and surrounding areas and bomb Gasmata; enemy air raid against Finschhafen causes no effective damage. B-25's and RAAF Hudsons bomb Fuiloro on Timor.

NEW GUINEA CAMPAIGN

In Northeast New Guinea, the Australian 9th Division, assisted by artillery, contains further Japanese attacks in the Finschhafen.

PACIFIC

Submarine Gato (SS-212) sinks Japanese transport Tsunushima Maru between Truk and Kavieng, 01°26'N, 148°36'E.

Submarine Kingfish (SS-234) sinks Japanese merchant cargo ship Sana Maru off Banbon Bay, French Indochina, 12°36'N, 109°30'E.

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World War II in real time Oct 20, 2022 2:56:29 GMT stevep and gillan1220 like this

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Day 1498 of World War II, October 20th 1943

Eastern Front

The Russian attacks from Bukrin bridgehead were bloodily repulsed. Soviet forces met determined resistance from von Manstein’s Army Group south. The attacks were stopped cold with heavy losses.

Air War over Europe

358 Lancasters attacked Leipzig, 16 aircraft lost. This was the first serious attack on this distant German city. Weather conditions were very difficult - Bomber Command records describe them as 'appalling' - and the bombing was very scattered. No report was available from Leipzig but it is unlikely that much damage was caused by the 271 aircraft which bombed in that area. (Hugh Spencer)

28 Mosquitoes went to Berlin, Cologne, Brauweiler and Emden. 12 Stirlings went minelaying in the Frisias. 2 Mosquitoes lost. (Hugh Spencer)

US VIII Bomber Command Mission 116. The industrial area at Duren, Germany was the primary target. 97 of 170 B-17's hit the primary target bombing from 30,000-feet (48,000 m) because the cloud tops were at 29,500-feet (47,200 m). The 1st Bombardment Division used Oboe PFF for the first time but the equipment failed and 60 aircraft returned to base without bombing. 3BD bombed from 30,000 feet. Three gunners in a 385th BG B-17 died through failure of oxygen equipment. The totals were 4-1-1 Luftwaffe aircraft claimed; 9 B-17's lost, 1 damaged beyond repair and 10 damaged. Casualties were 4 KIA (including 3 gunners who died from oxygen system failure), 2 WIA and 85 MIA. The Gruppenkommandeur of III./JG 26, Oblt. Mietusch claimed his 15th victory, a B-17 over Cambrai.

The USAAF VIII Bomber Command flies Mission 117: During the night of 20/21 October, five B-17 Flying Fortresses drop 876,960 leaflets over Roen and Paris at 2211-2217 hours. 42 of the 1st Bombardment Division's aircraft hit Woensdrecht Airfield in the Netherlands as a target of opportunity; and 70 B-24's flew a diversion.

Italian Campaign

In the U.S. Fifth Army's VI Corps area, Alife falls to the 34th Infantry Division and Piedimonte d'Alife to the 45th Infantry Division. While the 3d Infantry Division continues northward toward Mignano in the region west of the Volturno River, the 34th Infantry Division is to drive on Capriati al Volturno in the region east of the river. The 133d Infantry Regiment opens a drive on St. Angelo d'Alife.

In Italy, US XII Bomber Command B-17s, B-26s, B-25s and P-38s bombed the Rome-Casale landing ground, Marcigliana and Cerveteri Airfields, railroad bridges at Montalto di Castro, Grosseto, and 13 miles (21 km) SE of Orvieto, and the marshalling yard at Nish, Yugoslavia obstructing the Belgrade-Sofia line. The US XII Air Support Command, NATBF, and other aircraft of the NATAF devoted most of their efforts to bombing gun positions, trucks, and rail and road communications S of Vasto, at Mignano, N of Cassino, in Cassino and Chieti, at Castropignano, Carpinone, Arce, Tratella, and at various other points along highways and railroads. Fighter-bombers also hit shipping along Dalmatian coast of Yugoslavia, claiming 2 vessels sunk.

HQ 62d Fighter Wing transferred from Palermo, Sicily to Naples, Italy. The 527th Fighter-Bomber Squadron, 86th Fighter-Bomber Group, transferred from Serretella Airfield to Pomigliano, Italy with A-36's.

Battle of the Atlantic

'U-378' (Type VIIC) was sunk in the North Atlantic by depth charges from Avenger and Wildcat aircraft (VC 13) of the US escort carrier USS 'Core' escorting convoy UGS 20. 48 dead, 1 survivor in captivity.

'U-532' damaged SS 'British Purpose' in Convoy BM-71.

North Africa

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrives in Cairo from Moscow, U.S.S.R., and discusses strategy for southeast Asia with Admiral Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander Southeast Asia Command.

United Kingdom

London: A meeting of Allied representatives of 17 countries at war with the Axis, agreed today to set up a Commission for the Investigation of War Crimes. It's chairman will be Viscount Simon, the British lord chancellor and head of the judiciary in England and Wales. Assisted by a team of lawyers, he will sift evidence provided by Allied governments. The Soviet Union, although not represented at today's meeting, will be asked to co-operate with its inquiries.

United States

Photo: The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Knight (DD-633) in New York Harbor (USA) on 20 October 1943, she left as a convoy escort the next day

Pacific War

CENTRAL PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS

(Seventh Air Force): HQ 30th BG and it's 27th, 38th and 392d Bombardment Squadrons arrive at Hickam Field, Moluleia Field, Kahuku and Barking Sands, Territory of Hawaii respectively from the US with B-24's. The 396th and 820th Bombardment Squadrons (Medium), 41st BG (Medium) arrive at Hickam Field, Oahu, Territory of Hawaii from the US with B-25's.

BURMA-INDIA

(Tenth Air Force): The bridge at Meza, Burma, being repaired after being damaged severely on 10 Oct, is attacked and damaged by B-25's.

SOUTH PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS

(Thirteenth Air Force): Kakasa on Choiseul is attacked 3 times by Venturas, P-40's, and USN fighters and dive bombers. 24 P-40's and nearly 50 USN F4U's sweep Kahili; one force of F4U's encounters fighters, claiming 3 destroyed. The 69th Bombardment Squadron (Medium), 42d BG (Medium), ceases operating form Guadalcanal with B-25's and returns to it's base on Plaine Des Gaiacs Airfield.

SOLOMONS ISLAND CAMPAIGN

The "Tokyo Night Express" completes the evacuation of the Japenese garrison at Kolombangara. Kakasa on Choiseul Island is attacked three times by six USN PV Venturas and seven SBDs. Twenty four P-40s and 24 USN F4U Corsairs, escorted by F6Fs, sweep Kahili Airfield on southern Bougainville Island; one force of F6Fs encounters fighters, claiming four destroyed.

JAPAN

The Japanese order the air groups from six aircraft carriers, HIJMS Hiyo, Junyo, Ryuho, Shokaku, Zuiho and Zuikaku to Rabaul on New Britain Island in the Bismarck Archipelago, to augment land-based air strength and delay Allied progress while the main perimeter defenses of Japan are being strengthened. This plan is called Operation RO.

GILBERT ISLANDS

USAAF Seventh Air Force B-24s and USN PB4Y-1s begin extensive photographic reconnaissance of Tarawa Atoll.

SOUTHWEST PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS

(Fifth Air Force): B-25's bomb and strafe the Bogadjim area; B-24's hit 2 freighters near Manokwari and bomb the Manokwari area; and an attack on Finschhafen by 30 Japanese aircraft causes minor damage. A-20's hit Gasmata. Lost in an aerial collision is B-25D 41-30573.

NEW GUINEA CAMPAIGN

The Australian 24th Brigade arrives by sea at Finschhafen, Northeast New Guinea to reinforce the Australian 9th Division there. They will continue to attack the dug in Japanese units. In the air, B-25s bomb and strafe the Bogadjim area south of Madang. An attack on Finschhafen by 30 Japanese fighters causes minor damage.
Australian General Headquarters in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, issues RENO III, the plan for the operations ending with the capture of islands in the Southern Philippines. The plan consists of five phases between 1 February 1944 and 1 February 1945. According to the plan, the Australians will only participate in one phase, i.e., the capture of islands in the Arafura Sea between New Guinea and Australia in June 1944.

JAPANESE OCCUPIED NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES

In Dutch New Guinea, USAAF Fifth Air Force B-24s hit two freighters near Manokwari and bomb the Manokwari area.

PACIFIC

Submarine Gato (SS-212) sinks Japanese transport Tsunushima Maru between Truk and Kavieng, 01°26'N, 148°36'E.

Submarine Kingfish (SS-234) sinks Japanese merchant cargo ship Sana Maru off Banbon Bay, French Indochina, 12°36'N, 109°30'E.

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World War II in real time Oct 21, 2022 6:38:50 GMT stevep and gillan1220 like this

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Day 1499 of World War II, October 21st 1943

Air War over Europe

During the night of 21/22 October, RAF Bomber Command dispatches 11 Mosquitos: five bomb Emden, three bomb the Bruderich steelworks at Düsseldorf and one each bomb Aachen and Dortmund. There are no loses.

Bad weather caused 72 B-26s sent to bomb Evreux/Fauville Airfield in France to abort the mission.

Italian Campaign

In Italy, US XII Bomber Command B-17's hit a railroad viaduct at Terni and rail and road bridges in Albania. B-24's hit Orvieto railroad bridge; B-26's and B-25's bombed bridges at Montalto di Castro and NW of Acquapendente and the railroad at Orbetello; P-38's bombed a radar station at Pellegrino and the marshalling yard at Skoplje, Yugoslavia; RAF and US NATAF light and medium bombers concentrated on Cassino, hitting the town, a bivouac area nearby, and railroad to the S; vessels along Dalmatian coast of Yugoslavia were also attacked; US XII Air Support Command fighters and fighter-bombers patroled the Naples area and attacked numerous roads, railroads, bridges, junctions, trucks, gun emplacements, and other targets in the battle area.

Battle of the Atlantic

While serving as a Flak boat 'U-271' was attacked by two Avengers from USS 'Core' and one man from its crew died.

'U-68' sank ASW trawler HMS 'Orfasy'.

Standing out of New York Harbor, the USN destroyer USS 'Murphy' (DD-603) is struck on the portside between the bridge and forward stack by U.S. tanker SS 'Bulkoil' 265 miles (491 kilometers) east-southeast of Ambrose Lightship, New York. The forward half of the ship sheared off and slowly sank, taking 38 officers and men with it. The after section is kept afloat and is towed into New York Navy Yard where, following a seven--month repair job and replacement of the entire bow, the veteran warship rejoins the fleet.

Battle of the Mediterranean

'U-431' (Type VIIC) was sunk in the Mediterranean off the coast of Algiers by depth charges from a British Wellington aircraft (Sqdn. 179/Z) 52 dead (all crew lost).

German planes attacked convoy MKS 28, strafing and torpedoing U.S. freighter 'Tivives' about 15 miles off Cape Tenes; one of 48 merchant seamen and one of the 25-man Armed Guard perished in the ensuing abandonment as the ship sank swiftly. Free French-manned corvette HMS 'LaMalouine' rescued the survivors, who also included the six-man staff of the convoy commodore and one passenger.

Colonel Arthur Thomas took command of the US XII Air Force Service Command.

United Kingdom

Admiral Pound is dead. He had resigned as British First Sea Lord on October 4. Admiral Sir John Cunningham succeeds Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham in command of Royal Navy units in the Mediterranean.

Photo: A sergeant on flying control duty reports the landing of a Halifax Mk V of No. 1663 Heavy Conversion Unit at Holme-on-Spalding Moor, 21 October 1943

United States

Photo: The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Mustin (DD-413) off the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California (USA), on 21 October 1943 at the conclusion of her overhaul at the yard which started on 6 September 1943

Pacific War

CENTRAL PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS

(Seventh Air Force): The 819th Bombardment Squadron, 30th BG (Heavy), arrives at Barking Sands, Territory of Hawaii with B-24's. The squadron, the ex-3d Antisubmarine Squadron (Heavy), will fly sea searches and supply the 30th Group with replacement crews and planes until May 44.

BURMA-INDIA

(Tenth Air Force): In Burma, a B-25 strike against a railroad bridge on the Ye-u branch line over the Mu River between Ywataung and Monywa fails to damage the structure. This raid marks the final assault of the year on this bridge.

SOUTH PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS

(Thirteenth Air Force): Kahili Airfield and the surrounding areas are pounded by 22 B-24's, 30+ P-39's and P-40's and about 160 USN fighters and dive bombers. 18 B-24's and USN airplanes hit targets in the Choiseul area. Other USN aircraft hit Kara Airfield. A single B-24 claims hits on a carrier NW of Buka. HQ 42d Bombardment Group (Medium) and it's 390th Bombardment Squadron (Medium) transfer from Guadalcanal to the Renard Field with B-25's.

SOUTHWEST PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS

(Fifth Air Force): In New Guinea, 20+ B-25's carry out a low-level attack on the Wewak area, sinking 2 small freighters, and strafing barges and airplanes; Lost are P-47D 42-22497 (pilot survived), P-47D 42-8117, P-47D "Sunshine" 42-8121, P-47D "Fiery Ginger" 42-8145

Madang is strafed by 4 P-39's and 2 Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Boomerangs. 50+ P-40's hit Gasmata.

BISMARCK ARCHIPELAGO

Forty six Australian P-40s hit Gasmata Airfield on New Britain Island.

JAPANESE OCCUPIED NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES

Eleven USAAF B-24 Liberators bomb the Pomalaa nickel mines on Celebes Island.

NEW GUINEA CAMPAIGN

In Northeast New Guinea, 20+ USAAF Fifth Air Force B-25 Mitchells carry out a low-level attack in the Wewak area, sinking two small freighters, and strafing barges and airplanes while Madang is strafed by four P-39 Airacobras and two Australian Boomerangs.

SOLOMON ISLANDS CAMPAIGN

The I Marine Amphibious Corps directs the 2d Parachute Battalion of the 1st Marine Parachute Regiment, Fleet Marine Force, to land at Voza on Choiseul Island during the night of 27 October, to conduct a diversionary raid and, if feasible, establish a permanent base there.

PACIFIC

At 0400 hours in the East China Sea, USN submarine USS Grayback sinks an armed merchant cruiser about 140 nautical miles west of Naha, Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands in position 26.30N, 125.05E.

Submarine Steelhead (SS-280) damages Japanese aircraft transport Goshu Maru southeast of Ulithi, Carolines, 08°16'N, 141°53'E.

RAAF Beaufort damages Japanese light cruiser Kiso 53 miles from Cape St. George, 04°23'S, 153°11'E.

Japanese cargo ship No.11 Chofoku Maru is sunk by mine while en route from Surabaya to Penang; cargo ship Rakuto Maru is damaged by mine off Padamarang Island.

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Day 1500 of World War II, October 22nd 1943

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Eastern Front

The Russians cut the railway which provided the Germans with their main escape route from their stronghold of Dnepropetrovsk in the Dnieper Bend. General Malinovsky's men were now advancing on Krivoi Rog and were threatening to encircle almost a million Germans in the sweep of the river. The Germans were well aware of the danger facing them. The Berlin correspondent of the Scandinavian Telegraph Bureau reported that the situation was "extremely serious" and that the Germans would be "compelled to retreat to avoid further encirclement." But while the Germans appreciated the threat of the Russian advance there seemed to be little that they could do about it except retreat and keep on retreating. They confidently expected to hold the Dnieper line. They scattered leaflets telling the Russian soldiers:

"Germany has clad the west bank of the Dnieper in concrete and shod it with iron. We have created an Eastern Rampart there, impregnable as is our Western Rampart on the Atlantic Coast. You are being sent to your deaths. Death awaits you at the Dnieper. Stop before it is too late."

But the Russians did not stop. Many of them died, but they crossed the Dnieper.

Air War over Europe

Continuing with their near nightly bombing of German cities, RAF Bomber command hits the city of Kessel in a particularly devastating raid. 569 bombers, all of them four engine heavy Lancasters or Halifax bombers. The main-force attack was covered by a feint attack by 36 aircraft on Frankfurt which began five minutes before the main raid. German air defence were not fooled and the RAF lost 43 aircraft, 7.6 per cent of the force. Despite initial errors in marking the center of town, the raid was remarkably concentrated and accurate. The pathfinders clearly marked the target area (Martinsplatz in central Kassel) so well that within five minutes the whole ancient town was illuminated. Within the next 80 minutes the waves of bombers dropped at least 1,800 tons of high explosives and incendiaries. The combination of high explosives and incendiary bombs created a firestorm smaller but reminiscent of the one in Hamburg in July. Each building in the city center was hit by at least two liquid white phosphorus incendiary bombs and several of the 460,000 magnesium fire-sticks rained on the city. The firestorm was well underway before police could provide communications for the fire brigades, but even then destruction of the city's water pipes made it impossible to extinguish the inferno. Over 11,000 blocks of housing were destroyed or heavily damaged displacing over 100,000 people. 5,600 people were killed and another 2,800 were missing and presumed dead. Kassel, which had a pre-raid population of 236,000 (1939), burned for seven days. The three Henschel aircraft plants were seriously damaged and this set back the production of V-1 bombs.

German forces began using a new radar device for night fighters called SN-2.

It is on this night that an RAF ground radio station in England, probably the one at Kingsdown in Kent, started its broadcasts with the intention of interrupting and confusing the German controllers' orders to their night fighters. The Bomber Command Official History describes how, at one stage, the German controller broke into vigorous swearing, whereupon the RAF voice remarked;

"The Englishman is now swearing."

To this, the German retorted,

"It is not the Englishman who is swearing, it is me."

About 60 B-26s bombed Evreux/Fauville Airfield in France; 140+ others aborted missions against other airfields because of bad weather.

During the night, RAF Bomber Command sends 17 aircraft to lay mines: eight lay mines in the Frisian Islands and seven drop off Texel Island.

Italian Campaign

The British 8th Army crossed the Trigno River. In the U.S. Fifth Army's VI Corps area, the 133d Infantry Regiment of the 34th Infantry Division takes a road junction south of St. Angelo d'Alife, from which the German rear guards have withdrawn, and prepares to attack the town. In preparation for a general advance on Rome (the line Pasture-Evasion-Rome), the 78th Division of British Eighth Army’s V Corps crosses a battalion over the Trigno River during the night.

USAAF bombers used Italian airfields for the first time to launch attacks on targets on Austria. US XII Bomber Command B-26s bombed railroad bridges N and SE of Omvieto; B-25s hit a railroad bridge S of Grosseto and Eleusis Airfield,Greece; The US XII Air Support Command, along with other elements of the NATAF, hit town areas, highways, vehicles, gun positions, railroad communications, strongpoints, and targets of opportunity at or near San Salvo Teano, Venafro, Cantalupo el Sannio, Isernia, Cassino, Montenero, and Boiano. Aquino Airfield was also bombed.

The Combined Chiefs of Staff (CCS) approved the plan, submitted by General Henry H "Hap" Arnold and the US Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), to create a new Air Force (the Fifteenth) in Italy from part of the Twelfth Air Force to be used in strategic bombing against Germany as well as in support of ground operations.

Battle of the Atlantic

During the night, the 'Litiopa' (Master Trygve Olsen) heard twice that depth charges were dropped by her sole escort, HMS 'Orfasy' (T 204), but then a heavy explosion nearby shook the tanker. At 23.53 hours, the trawler had been hit by one torpedo from 'U-68', exploded and sank with all hands. At the same time, the U-boat had fired two torpedoes at the tanker but missed. She was missed again with a FAT at 00.40 hours on 22 October and at 02.11 hours by a T-3 torpedo, which apparently exploded only 50m behind the U-boat. At 04.27 hours, 'U-68' began shelling the 'Litiopa' for 20 minutes with all weapons. A coup de grâce at 04.48 hours malfunctioned as circle runner and the U-boat reopened fire at 04.59 hours. Another two coups de grâce were fired at 05.41 and 05.52 hours but both missed, so the shelling continued from 06.00 until 06.27 hours. In all 58 rounds from the deck gun were fired of which at least 50 had been hits and the U-boat left the burning and sinking tanker in the dawn. The crew had abandoned ship in four lifeboats, which were separated in the dark, but in the morning two of them returned to their ship, which was still floating, but badly damaged and on fire. Later ammunition started to explode and by noon the tanker was listing and eventually sank. The remaining two boats arrived at Robertsport that day, while the two others joined them the next day.

In Labrador, Canada, the German submarine 'U-537' arrived at Martin Bay, tasked with setting up an automatic weather station. The weather station consisted of various measuring instruments, a 150-watt transmitter and ten canisters containing batteries weighing 220 pounds (99.79 kg). For the next day, the crew of the submarine manhandled the equipment ashore via rubber boats and the station was set up 400 yards (366 meters) inland on a 170-foot (52 meter) hill. The submarine departed by 1740 hours local the next day and the weather station began operating normally. However, a few days later, the frequency used by the weather station was apparently jammed although nobody has claimed credit for it and there is no evidence that the Allies knew about the station.

Battle of the Mediterranean

Whilst engaged in diversionary tactics associated with the landing of stores at Leros, Greek 'Hunt' "Adrias" was badly damaged off Kos on mines laid by the German "Drache", and as sister ship destroyer HMS 'Hurworth' goes to her aid, was also mined East of Kalymnos. There were 80 survivors who came ashore in Turkey and were soon repatriated.

United States

Photo: Broadside view of the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Morris (DD-417) off the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Califronia (USA), on 22 October 1943. She was in overhaul at the yard between 6 September and 22 October 1943

Pacific War

CENTRAL PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS

(Seventh Air Force): AAF fighters shoot down a Japanese flying boat 70 miles S of Baker in the Pacific Ocean.

BURMA-INDIA

(Tenth Air Force): B-25's bomb the Meza, Burma railroad bridge, which is still being repaired following the damaging raid of 10 Oct; damage is done to the approaches.

SOUTH PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS

(Thirteenth Air Force): 11 B-24's and 16 P-38's hit Kahili Airfield and 36 P-40's and P-39's join 60+ US Navy dive bombers and fighters in a strike on Kara Airfield; both Kahili and Kara are attacked again later in the day, the former by 6 B-24's and 16 USN fighters and the latter by 35 AAF fighters and 42 USN dive bombers. Lost is SBD-3 03359. 6 B-24's bomb Kakasa on Choiseul.

SOUTHWEST PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS

(Fifth Air Force): 40+ B-24's escorted by P-38's, bomb Rapopo Airstrip, destroying about 20 airplanes on the ground; 20 enemy interceptors are claimed shot down. Lost is P-38H 42-66849 (pilot later rescued). 9 B-25's hit the Bogadjim area.

CHINA

Lieutenant General Joseph Stilwell, Commander in Chief U.S. China-Burma-India Theater of Operations, Chief of Staff to Chinese Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek Commander in Chief Northern Area Combat Command (NCAC) and Acting Deputy Commander in Chief South-East Asia Command, has by now decided that he can do little more toward improving the Chinese Army, his basic mission.

AUSTRALIA

Photo: Aerialview of the motor tanker Esso Manhattan. She had been fitted with flying decks enabling her to carry seven motor torpedo boats (PT boats) as deck cargo which were off-loaded at Brisbane, Australia, in this case. Note the 3 inch AA gun forward, 5 inch gun aft and the 20 mm Oerlikon AA guns in the superstructure forward and aft, October 22, 1943

PACIFIC

At 0000 hours, the USS Balao sinks a Japanese cargo ship about 157 nautical miles north of Manus Island, Admiralty Islands, in position 00.34N, 147.40E.

Submarine Grayback (SS-208) sinks Japanese transport Awata Maru, China Sea, 26°40'N, 125°00'E.

A USAAF Seventh Air Force P-40 pilot shoots down a Japanese "Emily" flying boat (Kawanishi H8K, Navy Type 2 Flying Boat) about 70 nautical miles south of Baker Island at 1220 hours.

In the Solomon Sea, 26 Australian Beauforts attack a Japanese convoy escorted by two light cruisers south of Cape St. George on the southeastern tip of New Ireland Island, Bismarck Archipelago. One of the warships is damaged and one Beaufort is lost.

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Day 1501 of World War II, October 23rd 1943

Eastern Front

After 10 days of heavy street fighting, Melitopol falls to the Russian Army. They also reach a point 20 miles from Krivoy Roy and are making good progress. Dnepropetrovsk also fell as tank spearheads reached Krivoi Rog.

Air War over Europe

A growing number of technical aids have been developed to help in the battle against the German night fighters. Last night for the first time "Corona" was used: confusing orders, readings from newspapers, even parts of Hitler's speeches were broadcast from England on the fighters' frequency to interfere with the German voice-control.

Operation Pointblank, the Anglo-US strategic bombing offensive against Germany, was growing in intensity and technical complexity. RAF Bomber Command now had over 700 operational heavy bombers, compared with just under 300 at the end of 1942, and was pounding German cities by night. Yesterday US chiefs of staff agreed to establish a new bombing force in Italy, the Fifteenth Air Force, which will strike at targets which the Eighth cannot reach from England.

Italian Campaign

The British 56th Division captured Sparanise. In the U.S. Fifth Army's VI Corps area, the 133d Infantry Regiment, 34th Infantry Division, opens an assault on St. Angelo d'Alife but is unable to take it.

In Italy, US XII Bomber Command B-26s bombed railroad and road bridges at Marsicano and Montalto di Castro; P-38's hit the airfield at Tirana; B-25's hit a bridge in Albania; the US XII Air Support Command, RAF Desert Air Force (DAF), and NATBF attacked troop concentrations in the Spinete area, and town areas, vehicles, trains, railroads, highways, bridges, and gun positions at or near Gaeta, Pescara, Vasto, Isolella, Sulmona, Isernia, Vairano, and Ancona. During the night, 50 RAF bombers of No. 205 (Heavy Bomber) Group attack a railroad bridge at Civitanova with the loss of one aircraft.

Minesweeper HMS 'Cromarty' was sunk by a mine, in the Straits of Bonifacio.

German planes raid shipping off Naples; U.S. freighter SS 'James Iredell' is hit by three bombs that set alight the ship's gasoline cargo. Although the ship is abandoned and the fire burns for 64 hours until it is ultimately put out, there are no casualties among the 44-man merchant crew, the 28-man Armed Guard or the 28 passengers.

Battle of the Atlantic

'U-196' under Korvkpt Kentrat completed- from 13 March, 1943 to 23 Oct, 1943 - the longest patrol a submarine in WWII ever did (225 days at sea).

'U-274' (Type VIIC) was sunk in the North Atlantic southwest of Iceland by depth charges from the British destroyers HMS 'Duncan' and 'Vedette', and by depth charges from a British Liberator aircraft (Sqdn. 224/Z). 48 dead (all crew lost).

HMS The Royal Navy cruiser 'Charybdis' and destroyer 'Limborne' were sunk by German MTBs T23 and T27 of the German 4th Torpedo Flotilla, in the English Channel off the coast of France. 462 sailors were lost.

Black Sea campaign

'U-23' fired one torpedo at SS 'Tanais' lying at anchor off Poti. The explosion blew debris into the air and broke the ship in two. The stern sank immediately and the bow sank a few minutes later.

United Kingdom

Prime Minister Winston Churchill issues a directive outlining the mission of Admiral Louis Mountbatten as Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia Command.

United States

Photo: The U.S. Navy attack transport USS Fayette (APA-43) underway in the New York Harbor area (USA) on 23 October 1943. Note that none of her boats have been embarked. The photo taken by a plane from Naval Air Station New York, from an altitude of 110 meters

Pacific War

CHINA

(Fourteenth Air Force): 8 B-24's bomb Htawgaw, Burma while on a ferry flight over the Hump.

JAPANESE OCCUPIED FRENCH INDOCHINA

Fourteen USAAF Fourteenth Air Force B-24 Liberators and 13 P-40s attack a barracks area at Co Bi, Vietnam.

SOUTH PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS

(Thirteenth Air Force): 36 B-25's, along with 24 Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) P-40's and 4 USN F4U's, in 1 force, and 20 AAF fighter and 70+ USN fighters and dive bombers in another force, pound Kahili Airfield.

SOUTHWEST PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS

(Fifth Air Force): At least 45 bombers are destroyed on the ground at Vunakanau, Rapopo and Tobera airstrips during attacks by 50+ B-25's; the B-25's and 50+ escorting P-38's claim 40+ Japanese airplanes shot down. Lost is B-25C 41-30376 is lost. A-20's hit enemy positions in the Lae area and B-24's carry out a light attack on Manokwari.

ELLICE ISLANDS

Photo: U.S. Marine Corps Grumman F4F-4 Wildcats of Marine Fighting Squadron 441 (VMF-441) on Nanumea Airfield, Ellice Islands, 23 October 1943

PACIFIC

Submarine Silversides (SS-236) sinks two cargo ships and an armed tanker about 339 nautical miles NNE of Wewak, Northeast New Guinea, in position 02.00 N, 144.46E.

In the Solomon Sea, USMC land-based aircraft sink Japanese destroyer Mochizuki about 95 nautical miles SSW of Rabaul, New Britain Island, Bismarck Archipelago, in position 05.42S, 151.40E.

USAAF B-24 damages Japanese cargo vessel No.1 Kinpo Maru off Greenwich Island, 01°01'N, 154°08'E.

U.S. aircraft sink Japanese transport Kyowa Maru northwest of Buka Island, Solomons.

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Day 1502 of World War II, October 24th 1943

Air War over Europe

USAAF XII Bomber Command B-24 Liberators attack two targets: 23 bomb aviation industry targets at Wiener-Neustadt and 12 hit the marshalling yard at Ebenfurth. B-24s of the 98th Bombardment Group (Heavy) hit Wiener-Neustadt, Austria; the 376th Bombardment Group (Heavy) failed to complete the mission because of clouds.

200 B-26s bombed airfields at Montdidier, Beauvais/Nivillers, and Saint-Andre-de-L'Eure, France. After attacking the B-26s, Hptm. Kurt Ebersberger, Staffelkapitaen of 4./JG 26 (30 kills) was bounced by RAF Spitfires and forced to bail out of his damaged airplane. He was too low for the parachute to work and he fell to his death. Oblt. Wolfgang Neu took his place as Staffelkapitaen.

During the night, RAF Bomber Command Stirlings and Wellingtons lay mines in two areas: six drop mines in the Frisian Islands and five lay mines off Texel Island without loss.

Italian Campaign

Sant Angelo was liberated by the US 34th Division. In the U.S. Fifth Army's VI Corps area, the 133d Infantry Regiment of the 34th Infantry Division takes St. Angelo and commanding ground beyond without opposition.

In Italy, medium bombers hit Tirana Airfield, a railroad bridge N of Orvieto, and a viaduct at Terni; the US XII Air Support Command, NATBF, and RAF DAF attacked communications and shipping targets, hitting vessels, vehicles, trains, roads, bridges, and the town areas in and around Formia, Sora, Chieti, Minturno, Sessa Aurunca, Popoli, Terracina, between Ancona-Pedaso, Frosolone (just before it was taken by allied ground forces), and along the Dalmatian coast of Yugoslavia. During the night, 70 RAF bombers of No. 205 (Heavy Bomber) Group attack the airfield at Guidonia.

'U-453' laid a field of 23 mines off Brindisi (Italy); the minefield did not account for any sinkings.

Battle of the Atlantic

'U-566' (Type VIIC) was scuttled in the North Atlantic west of Leixoes, after being damaged by 6 depth charges from a British Wellington aircraft (Sqdn. 179/A). 49 survivors.

The unescorted SS 'Siranger' (Master Amund Utne) was hit on the starboard side at #1 hatch by a Gnat from 'U-155' and sank by the bow after 30 minutes. The ship had been spotted at 03.50 hours and missed by two torpedoes at 09.10 hours. The 41 crew members and four passengers abandoned ship in three lifeboats, one of which had to row back to rescue an American passenger who had jumped overboard. The U-boat then surfaced and asked two men in one of the boats to come aboard. An engineer was later allowed to return to the boat, but the wounded third mate Otto Friis Hansen was kept as prisoner of war. A tendon in his wounded forearm was shortly thereafter operated by Stabsarzt Dr. Franzen on board of the U-boat. He was landed at Lorient on 1 Jan, 1944 and sent to the POW camp Milag Nord near Bremen.

The commander of 'U-505', Kptlt. Peter Zschech, committed suicide while under a heavy depth charge attack. This was the only such case in the war. The IWO, Meyer, saved the boat and brought it back to port.

German E-boats attacked a convoy off Norfolk sinking one trawler for the cost of three of their craft.

Photo: A Royal Navy Fairey Swordfish aircraft of 816 Naval Air Squadron taking-off from the flight deck of HMS Tracker (D24) for an anti-submarine sweep in the North Atlantic

Battle of the Mediterranean

Whilst carrying 200 soldiers to reinforce the garrison on Leros, destroyer HMS 'Eclipse' was mined East of Kalymnos. There were 140+ casualties.

Pacific War

CHINA

(Fourteenth Air Force): 2 B-25's and 4 P-40's attack shipping in the Gulf of Tonkin, claiming a 150-ft (45.7 m) tanker sunk and 200-ft (61 m) freighter damaged.

SOUTH PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS

(Thirteenth Air Force): The 372d Bombardment Squadron, 307th BG (Heavy), based on Espirtu Santo in the New Hebrides, begins operating from Guadalcanal with B-24's.

SOUTHWEST PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS

(Fifth Air Force): 60+ B-24's bomb the Rabaul area destroying 20+ airplanes on the round. Of the 60-70 fighters which intercept, the B-24's claim 30+ shot down. Lost is B-24D 42-72800. A-20's hit positions near Lae and B-24's carry out a light strike against Manokwari.

JAPANESE OCCUPIED FRENCH INDOCHINA

Six USAAF Fourteenth Air Force P-40s strafe shipping at Haiphong, Vietnam, claiming three small boats sunk and damaging six larger boats.

In the Gulf of Tonkin off the east coast Vietnam, French Indochina, two USAAF Fourteenth Air Force B-25 Mitchells and four P-40s attack shipping claiming a 150 foot tanker sunk and a 200 foot freighter damaged.

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS

Vice Admiral Raymond A. Spruance, commander of the Central Pacific Force, issues an operation plan, which is subsequently modified somewhat, outlining the organization and tasks of Operation GALVANIC, the invasion of the Gilbert Islands

NEW GUINEA CAMPAIGN

In Northeast New Guinea, the Japanese begin withdrawing toward Sattelberg in the coastal sector north of Finschhafen, suspending attacks on the Australian 9th Division.

PACIFIC

Japanese army cargo ship Kazan Maru sinks as the result of damage inflicted by Silversides (SS-236) the previous day; attempt by Japanese submarine chaser Ch 24 to scuttle the immobilized Johore Maru fails. Silversides herself later finishes off Johore Maru.

PBYs sink Japanese destroyer Mochizuki and damages destroyer Uzuki south of Jacquinot Bay, 05°35'N, 151°35'E.

USAAF B-24 sinks Japanese cargo vessel Nagaragawa Maru off Manokwari.

Japanese destroyer Satsuki is damaged by grounding off Utano Island, 05°31'S, 149°14'E.

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Day 1503 of World War II, October 25th 1943

Eastern Front

Forces under Malinovsky attacked across the Dniepr at Dneporoetrovsk and Dnierodzerzhinsk. Holding a defensive position on the Dniepr River has been a major problem for the Germans.

Air War over Europe

During the night, 19 RAF Bomber Command Stirlings lay mines in the Kattegat without loss.

Italian Campaign

Allied commanders decided that the initiative must be retained in Italy in order to pin down German forces there and prevent them from massing for a counteroffensive before the spring 1944. The US Fifth Army, with positions north of the Volturno River firmly established, was ready for a drive against German delaying positions in the mountains from Mt. Massico on the west coast to the Matese mountains on the right boundary. In the VI Corps area, the 135th Infantry Regiment of the 34th Infantry Division moved forward to take up pursuit toward Ailano.

USAAF XII Bomber Command P-39 Airacobras strafed and bombed the landing ground at Podgorica; the US XII Air Support Command, Northwest African Tactical Bomber Force (NATBF) and RAF Desert Air Force (DAF) concentrated on blocking roads and destroying bridges; town areas, vehicles, radio stations, trains, and vessels were also attacked; targets attacked were in or near Frosinone, Formia, Gaeta, Cetraro, along the Sangro River, Kuna, west of Lagosta Island and south of Rome; Tarquinia Airfield was also bombed.

North Africa

Photo: 512th Bombardment Squadron Consolidated B-24J-30-CO Liberator 42-73278, parked at Enfidaville Airfield, Tunisia, October 1943

Battle of the Atlantic

HMCS 'Skeena', a River-class destroyer, A/LCdr. Patrick 'Pat' Francis Xavier Russell, RCN, CO, was wrecked at Videy Island, near Reykjavik, Iceland. 'Skeena' was blown ashore in a 100-knot gale while at anchor. Fifteen of the 21 crewmembers lost (all ratings) were drowned in an attempt to reach the shore using Carley Floats after the ship struck the rocks offshore. The remainder of the crew was evacuated later in a heroic effort by RNVR Patrol Service seamen using a "breeches buoy" under the direction of an Icelander, Einar Sigurdsson.

Destroyers Parrott (DD-218) and Paul Jones (DD-230) attack German submarine U-488, but the U-boat escapes destruction.

Arctic naval operations

'U-956' shelled targets on the shore of Spitsbergen with her gun. Land-based artillery returned the fire but did not score a hit on the U-boat.

United States

Photo: The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Hailey (DD-556) in Puget Sound, Washington (USA), on 25 October 1943

Pacific War

SOUTH PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS

(Thirteenth Air Force): Kahili Airfield is hit twice during the day by B-24's, B-25's, P-38's, P-40's, P-39's, and USN fighters and dive bombers. The airfield on Buka is strafed by P-38's and then bombed and strafed by B-25's and P-38's. P-39's and P-40's join USN fighters and dive bombers in a strike on Kara Airfield.

SOUTHWEST PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS

(Fifth Air Force): B-24's fly a small raid against Pombelaa on Celebes ; fighters shoot down 2 B-24's; US gunners claim 11 aircraft downed. Lost is B-24D "Fyrtle Myrtle" 42-40485. B-25's hit targets in Tanimbar in the Moluccas.

BISMARCK ARCHIPELAGO

Forty six Australian (P-40) Kittyhawks hit Gasmata Airfield on New Britain Island.

BURMA

A USAAF Tenth Air Force B-25 strike against a railroad bridge on the Ye-u branch line over the Mu River between Ywataung and Monywa fails to damage the structure. This raid marks the final assault of the year on this bridge.

JAPANESE OCCUPIED NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES

USAAF Fifth Air Force B-24s fly a small raid against Pombelaa Island off Celebes Island with the loss of two aircraft; USAAF gunners claim 11 Japanese fighters. B-25s hit targets in Tanimbar Island about 300 nautical miles north of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.

CHINA

2 B-25's attack several vessels at Kiungshan, claiming 4 sunk or badly damaged; later 6 more B-25's hit shipping nearby, claiming 1 freighter sunk; the airfield at Kiungshan is strafed by 1 of the B-25's. The 21st Photographic Squadron, Fourteenth Air Force, based at Kunming with F-4's and F-5's, sends a fight to operate from Suichwan, China.

NEW GUINEA CAMPAIGN

In North East New Guinea, the Japanese begin withdrawing units around Finschhafen towards Sattelberg.

PACIFIC

In the South China Sea, two USAAF Fourteenth Air Force B-25 Mitchells sink a Japanese transport, two army cargo vessels, and a merchant cargo ship about 15 nautical miles west of Haikou, Hainan Island, China in position 20.05N, 110.05E. Meanwhile, six USAAF Fourteenth Air Force B-25s sink a Japanese transport about 60 nautical miles east of Haikou, Hainan Island, in position 20.05N, 11.25E.

Submarine Tullibee (SS-284) attacks Japanese transport Teisho Maru (ex-German Havenstein), escorted by auxiliary minesweeper No.11 Misago Maru 12 miles off Oshima, 26°05'N, 121°03'E. Although Tullibee claims damage to the larger vessel, Teisho Maru survives unscathed. No.11 Misago Maru carries out counterattacks but with equal lack of success.

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Day 1504 of World War II, October 26th 1943

Air War over Europe

The RAF launched a heavy night raid against Stuttgart, while the US 8th Air Force, in its greatest effort to date, delivered a devastating daylight attack on Bremen.

Battle of the Atlantic

At 1205 hours an RCAF 10 Sqdn Canso patrol a/c attacked 'U-91' Kptlt. Heinz Hungershausen, CO, inflicting no damage.

'U-420', OLtzS. Hans-Jürgen Reese, CO, went missing in the North Atlantic. All of her 49 crewmembers were lost. The exact cause of her loss remains a mystery.

Battle of the Mediterranean

After a week of living on locust beans and jam, British survivors of the ill-fated Kos invasion climbed aboard a caique and made their way to the Turkish coast. They had fought hard, but constant attacks by Stukas, German artillery and 4,000 German infantrymen forced men of the 1st Battalion, the Durham Light Infantry, to disperse. The SS have shot 90 Italian officers for collaboration.

In Greece, B-25s and P-38s of the US XII Bomber Command attacked the airfields of Salonika/Sedhes and Megalo Mikra. In Italy, US XII Air Support Command and RAF DAF fighters and fighter-bombers attacked gun emplacements and road junctions in the battle area along the E coast and in the center of Italy, also destroying many vehicles and parked aircraft in the Ancona area, where railroad facilities were also hit; a schooner at Porto Civitanova was left smoking; medium bombers of the NATBF bombed Terracina and an ammunition dump.

United States

Photo: The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Lang (DD-399) off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California (USA), on 26 October 1943

Photo: The U.S. Navy ammunition ship USS Shasta (AE-6) at anchor off the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California (USA), on 26 October 1943

Pacific War

JAPANESE OCCUPIED FRENCH INDOCHINA

(Fourteenth Air Force): 13 B-24's and 15 P-40's pound railroad yards at Haiphong, French Indochina.

BURMA

(Tenth Air Force): The 71st Liaison Squadron, US Army Forces, CBI, transfers from Ramgarh to Ledo, India with L-4's and L-5's.

NEW HEBRIDES

Photo: The U.S. Navy fleet tug USS Navajo (AT-64) during rescue operations for the mined troop transport SS President Coolidge off Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, on 26 October 1942. Note the Consolidated PBY in the background

PACIFIC

PBY damages Japanese destroyer Satsuki 15 miles east of Teop harbor, 05°34'S, 155°06'E.

USAAF B-25s sink Japanese transport Yamatogawa Maru at Hai'ou, Hainan Island, 20°05'N, 11°25'E.

USAAF P-38s damage auxiliary submarine chaser Cha 20, transporting troops and cargo, five miles off Buka.

USAAF aircraft bomb Japanese shipping off Kiungshan, 20°05'N, 110°05'E, sinking transport Yamatogawa Maru, army cargo vessels No. 3 Shinwa Maru and Hokuzan Maru, and merchant cargo ship Hachiman Maru.

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Day 1505 of World War II, October 27th 1943

Eastern Front

South of Nikopol on the Nogaysk Steppe, the Germans mounted a series of counterattacks to save their access to the Crimea. Field Marshal von Kluge was invalided and removed from command of Army Group Center after he was severely injured in a car crash.

Air War over Europe

In Austria, 150+ B-17s and B-24s of the US Twelfth Air Force bombed Wiener-Neustadt and railroad tracks and installations and bridges at Friedberg and Ebenfurth.

During the night, 21 RAF Bomber Command Wellingtons drop leaflets over the country.

Italian Campaign

The British 8th Army captured Montefalcone. In the British Eighth Army's V Corps area, the 78th Division makes a futile attempt to expand the bridgehead across the Trigno River. Their failure is largely due to heavy rainfall. The 78th Division expanded its bridgehead over the Trigno River during the night. German defenses here were still holding. In the U.S. Fifth Army's VI Corps area, the 168th Infantry Regiment of the 34th Infantry Division is ordered to attack on 28 October since elements of the 135th Infantry Regiment are being held up by German rear guards on a hill south of Ailano.

Photo: Men of the 10th Royal Berkshire Regiment move up to the heights of Calvi-Risorta, 27 October 1943

Photo: A captured German PzKpfw IV tank which was used for anti-tank weapon tests at Eighth Army HQ near Lucera, 27 October 1943

Major Roy Farran led a detachment of 2 SAS which was dropped north of the River Tronto behind the German lines. Over the next five days his small force blows up the railway line, cut telephone communications and destroyed enemy transport.

Weather severely curtailed NATBF missions and US XII Air Support Command operations in support of ground forces. Fighter-bombers attacked Gaeta, Italy and bombed small vessels on the Dalmatian coast at Opuzen, Yugoslavia.

HQ 57th Fighter Group and it's 65th and 66th Fighter Squadrons transferred from Foggia to Amendola, Italy with P-40s. The 315th and 316th Fighter Squadrons, 324th Fighter Group, transferred from Menzel Heurr, Tunisia to Cercola, Italy with P-40s.

Battle of the Atlantic

'U-218' laid 18 mines off the Port of Spain, but no sinkings resulted from this field.

'U-354' set a weather reporting team ashore on Hope Island.

Battle of the Baltic Sea

Finnish submarine Iku-Turso (kapteeniluutnantti Eero Pakkala) torpedoes and sinks the Soviet submarine Shtsh 320 in Gulf of Finland.

Arctic naval operations

German submarine 'U-354' sets a weather reporting team ashore on Norwegian Hopen Island located about 136 nautical miles (252 kilometers) southeast of Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen.

United Kingdom

Photo: A Hawker Typhoon Mk IB of No. 486 Squadron RAF, 27 October 1943

United States

Photo: Commissioning ceremonies of the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Johnston (DD-557) on the ship’s fantail, at Seattle, Washington (USA), on 27 October 1943. Lieutenant Commander Ernest E. Evans, USN, her commanding officer, is speaking in the left center

Photo: The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Johnston (DD-557) off Seattle, Washington (USA), on 27 October 1943. Smith Tower is in the background over the bow of the ship

Pacific War

CHINA

(Fourteenth Air Force): 6 B-24's bomb the city of Tungling, China and claim 8 intercepting Zekes shot down.

SOUTH PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS

(Thirteenth Air Force): B-24's pound Kahili and Kara Airfield; P-40's over Kahili claim 3 Zekes shot down. P-38's, P-40's, and P-39's, plus some RNZAF P-40's and P-39's, cover the landing by New Zealand troops on Stirling and Mono . The fighters claim destruction of 12 Japanese dive bombers attacking the landing force and afterwards claim 3 fighters shot down.

SOUTHWEST PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS

(Fifth Air Force): In New Guinea, P-40's and P-39's intercept an escorted Japanese bomber force dropping supplies over the Sattelberg area; the US fighters claim 12 airplanes downed. A-20's hit harbor and supply dump area at Gasmata.

SOLOMON ISLANDS CAMPAIGN

In preparation for the invasion of Bougainville, the 8th Brigade Group of the New Zealand 3rd Division, under Brigadier R. A. Row, lands on two islands of Treasury Islands, Stirling and Mono. Pre-invasion bombardment and covering for the landings are provided by U.S. naval vessels and aircraft of Task Group 39.3 (two light cruisers and Destroyer Squadron 23) and New Georgia-based aircraft from South Pacific Air. The small Japanese force on Mono is quickly put to flight and must be rounded up. Stirling is undefended.

Map: Treasury Islands landings, October 1943

During Japanese retaliatory air strikes by 25 Val and Judy dive bombers and Zero fighters at 1530 hours, destroyer USS Cony is damaged by horizontal and dive bombers 15 nautical miles N of Mono Island and tank landing ships LST-399 and LST-485 are damaged by mortar fire. USAAF P-38s and P-40 pilots shoot down ten Vals and Judys and two Zekes.

The 2d Marine Parachute Battalion begins a diversionary raid on Choiseul Island landing on the night of 27/28 October, and subsequently patrols actively to feign strength that is not present.

NEW ZEELAND

Photo: View of the waterfront of Wellington, New Zealand, on 27 October 1943. The U.S. Navy casualty evacuation transport USS Rixey (APH-3) in a floating drydock. The attack transports USS William P. Biddle (APA-8), USS Harris (APA-2) and USS Sheridan (APA-51) are riding at anchor in the harbour and destroyers USS Anderson (DD-411) and USS Russell (DD-414) are moored pierside. All units were in continuing TF53 exercises and drills for the coming assault of Tarawa in November. Both destroyers were part of TF 53 that provided escort screen for the attack transports heading for Tarawa, screened heavier battle units as they shelled Betio Island in support of the landings, and provided additional fire support for the attack transports as they collected U.S. Marine casualties

PACIFIC

In the East China Sea, USS Shad and Grayback sink a Japanese merchant cargo ship about 130 nautical miles N of Naha, Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, in position 28.20N, 128.05E. USS Shad has put two torpedoes into the 9,000 ton ship and USS Grayback administered the coup de grace.

At 1000 hours in the Philippine Sea, USS Flying Fish sinks a Japanese transport about 301 nautical miles N of Peleliu Island, Palau Islands, Caroline Islands, in position 12.02N, 134.28E.

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Day 1506 of World War II, October 28th 1943

Air War over Europe

An RAF Photographic Reconnaissance Unit (PRU) aircraft brought back a photograph of a German V1 "flying bomb" launch site at Abbeville, in northern France. Although the British had reasonable knowledge of the V2 rocket, it was only in the last two months that they became aware that the Germans have been working on the V1. This photographic sortie was mounted as a result of a report by a local French agent and confirmed that the Germans were constructing launch sites in northern France for a V1 offensive against England.

Italian Campaign

In the U.S. Fifth Army's British X Corps area, the 46th and 7th Armoured Divisions begin an attack on Mt. Massico and Mt. St. Croce. In the U.S. VI Corps area, the 168th Infantry Regiment, 34th Infantry Division finds that the Germans have abandoned the hill south of Ailano. In the British Eighth Army area, heavy rainfall forces General Bernard Montgomery commander of the Eighth Army, to postpone a planned attack by XIII Corps along the axis Vinchiaturo-Isernia. V Corps continues unsuccessful efforts to expand the Trigno bridgehead in the coastal sector.

Weather prevented most US Twelfth Air Force operations planned for the day. No missions were flown by the US XII Bomber Command. In Italy, US XII Air Support Command A-36s hit several highways and bridges in advance of the battleline and attacked gun positions in the Vairano area and transportation targets in the Rome area.

The 346th Fighter Squadron, 350th Fighter Group, transferred from Rerhaia, Algeria to Sardinia with P-39s.

Battle of the Atlantic

'U-220' (Type XB) was sunk in the North Atlantic by depth charges from two Avenger aircraft of the US escort carrier USS 'Block Island'. 54 dead. 'U-256' was attacked at the same time, but escaped unharmed.

Battle of the Mediterranean

A US POV-1 aircraft from VB-127, searching for U-boats out of Agadir, French Morrocco, was attacked by a Spanish HS-132 fighter. The US aircraft fight back and managed to drive the Spanish aircraft to make a forced landing.

Pacific War

CHINA

(Fourteenth Air Force): In China, 7 B-24's bomb Mangshih; 6 P-40's strafe a warehouse and revetments at Yoyang Airfield; 3 B-25's and 7 P-38's hit a barracks at Ft Bayard; and 2 B-25's on a shipping sweep over the S China Sea damage 2 freighters near Saint John and sink a junk W of Kwangchow Wan.

SOUTH PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS

(Thirteenth Air Force): P-40's and P-39's join USN fighters and dive bombers in attacks on Kara Airfield and the airfield on Ballale. Almost 200 aircraft are involved in the 2 strikes. Kara airfield is also pounded by 19 B-24's. The 67th Fighter Squadron, 347th Fighter Group, based on Woodlark with P-39's, begins operating form New Georgia.

SOUTHWEST PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS

(Fifth Air Force): P-40's hit Gasmata. P-47's attack barges at Talasea on New Britain and strafe surrounding area. P-47's also strafe the area from Sio to Fortification Point.

PACIFIC

In the South China Sea, two USAAF 14th AF B-25s on a shipping sweep damage two freighters near Saint John Island and sink a junk west of Kwangchow Wan.

Submarine Flying Fish (SS-229) sinks Japanese fleet oiler Koryu Maru, 12°54'N, 134°06'E.

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Day 1507 of World War II, October 29th 1943

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Eastern Front

Red Army attacks against the German 4.Armee between Orsha and Vitebsk intensified. The hard pressed Germans contained the Soviet advances in heavy fighting. Colonel General Gotthard Heinrici, Commander of the 4.Armee, organizes German defenses between Orsha and Vitebsk, while under this new Soviet attack. This is the beginning of his rise as one of the best defensive tacticians in the German Army.

Battle of the Atlantic

While tracking fast Convoy ON 208 (U.K. to North America), German submarine 'U-282' (Type VIIC) is sunk about 601 nautical miles (1 113 kilometers) southwest of Reykjavik, Iceland, by depth charges from British destroyers HMS 'Vidette' (D 48) and HMS 'Duncan' (D 99) and the British corvette HMS 'Sunflower' (K 41). All 48 crewmen on the sub are lost.

'U-220' (Type XB) is sunk in the North Atlantic by depth charges from two Avenger aircraft of escort carrier USS 'Block Island'. 54 dead.

'U-415' was attacked by a Wellington aircraft in the North Atlantic and suffered slight damage.

Italian Campaign

Cantalupo was captured by units of XIII Corps British 8th Army. In the U.S. Fifth Army's VI Corps area, 34th Infantry Division continues to pursue the Germans northward, the 135th Infantry Regiment taking Pratella and Prata. Elements of 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82d Airborne Infantry Division, protecting the right flank of the VI Corps, reach Gallo. The3d Infantry Division continues north on the left flank of corps in region west of the Volturno River. In the British Eighth Army area, XIII Corps begins an attack toward Isernia, the 5th Division leading off in a downpour of rain during the night.

Photo: A Sherman tank of 'B' Squadron, Royal Scots Greys fording the Teano river, 29 October 1943

In Italy, 100+ US XII Bomber Command B-17s, escorted by P-38s, bombed the Genoa marshalling yard and also hit the Sampierdarena marshalling yard, San Giorgio instrument factory, and ordnance, electric, and fitting plants and bridges at Genoa-Ansaldo; the US XII Air Support Command, NATBF, and RAF DAF were forced by bad weather to abandon several missions in support of ground forces. Troops and gun positions were attacked on 2 occasions and several bridges were hit; Giulianova harbor and shipping were successfully attacked.

United States

Photo: The U.S. Navy patrol frigate USS Tacoma (PF-3) underway when first completed, 29 October 1943

Pacific War

CHINA

(Fourteenth Air Force): 14 B-24's and 16 P-40's pound the smelter area at Quang Yen, French Indochina. In China, 2 B-25's bomb the administration building and runway at Ft Bayard airfield; 9 P-40's on offensive reconnaissance in the Chiuchiang area strafe a 200-ft (320 m) steamer and attack a train, destroying the locomotive.

BISMARCK ARCHIPELAGO

On New Britain Island, 37 USAAF 5th AF B-24s, escorted by 53 P-38s, bomb the Rabaul area on New Britain Island, claiming 45 Japanese airplanes destroyed on the ground and in the air. Meanwhile, P-47 Thunderbolts attack shipping in Hansa Bay and strafe the Cape Gloucester area. Australian Beauforts fly the first of many torpedo attacks against Japanese shipping in Simpson Harbor, Rabaul. During the night of 29/30 October, Australian (PBY) Catalinas begin a series of night harassment missions to Kavieng on New Ireland Island.

SOUTHWEST PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS

(Fifth Air Force): 37 B-24's, escorted by 53 P-38's, pound Rabaul area on New Britain , claiming 45 airplanes destroyed on the ground and in the air. Lost is P-38H 42-66523. 17 B-25's hit the Madang area. P-47's attack shipping in Hansa Bay area and strafe the Cape Gloucester area. B-25's sink a vessel off Tanimbar in the Moluccas while B-24's bomb Selaroe airstrip on Tanimbar and attack the Waroe Bay area of New Guinea. The 8th Fighter Squadron, 49th Fighter Group, transfers from Tsili Tsili to Gusap with P-47's. The 63d Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), 43d Bombardment Group transfers from Port Moresby to Dobodura with B-24's.

SOLOMON ISLANDS CAMPAIGN

USAAF Thirteenth Air Force and USN aircraft attack Buka Airdrome on Buka Island north of Bougainville. The four attacks are made by: (1) 40 B-25s and 22 F6Fs;
(2) nine B-25s dropping parafrag bombs;
(3) 21 B-24 Liberators;
(4) 11 B-24s and 24 fighters.
Bonis Airfield on northern Bougainville is hit by 12 USN PV-1 Venturas and a B-25.

AUSTRALIA

Photo: Women working on an aircraft fuselage, instrument reading and fitting course for W.A.A.F.s at Ultimo Technical College, Sydney,29 October 1943

PACIFIC

Submarine Seawolf (SS-197) sinks Japanese merchant cargo ship Wuhu Maru off Swatow, 22°28'N, 116°10'E.

Navy or USMC F4Us damage small Japanese cargo vessel No.16 Kiku Maru near Tonolei, 06°47'S, 155°53'E.

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Day 1508 of World War II, October 30th 1943

Eastern Front

Soviet units reached Genichesk. This cuts one of the German exits from the Crimea.

Air War over Europe

Five USAAF Ninth Air Force B-26 Marauders bomb Maupertus Airfield, 6.9 miles (11 kilometers) east of Cherbourg.

Italian Campaign

Mondragone fell to units of the US 5th Army. This marked a penetration of the Barbara Line. The hilly terrain and tenacious defence slowed the other units of the Army inland.

In Italy, US XII Bomber Command B-24s bombed the Genoa marshalling yard and nearby Sampierdarena and Genoa-Ansaldo steel works; B-17s bombed Savona and Varazze, Porto Maurizio, and the Imperia marshalling yard; weather reduced the efforts of NATAF elements; NATBF B-25s bombed Frosinone; fighter-bombers, mainly of the US XII Air Support Command, hit bridges, junctions, shipping, marshalling yard, gun positions, and vehicles at several locations, including Giulianova, Ancona, Ortona, Sessa Aurunca, Mignano, and Cassino.

Battle of the Atlantic

'U-415' shot down RAF Wellington aircraft (Sqn 612/C). No survivors from aircraft, the boat had to abort its patrol due to damages sustained.

Battle of the Mediterranean

The British cruiser 'Aurora' met HM Destroyers 'Petard', 'Belvior' and 'Beaufort' during their passage with personnel and vehicles for military units at Leros. During passage to Turkish waters for transfer of troops and despite availability of air cover, they came under heavy and sustained attacks by Ju 87 and Ju 88 aircraft, until 'Aurora' was hit by a 500 Kg bomb abaft the after funnel. Extensive damage to after structure including armament with fires caused by detonation of ammunition. 47 personnel killed and 30 wounded.

Palestine

Photo: Sherman tanks of 9th Armoured Brigade on parade at Hadeira, Palestine, 30 October 1943

Photo: Sherman tanks of 9th Armoured Brigade on parade at Hadeira in Palestine. General D F Anderson, GOC 3rd Corps, took the salute from the Sherman tank in the foreground, 30 October 1943

Photo: Sherman tanks of the 3rd King's Own Hussars, 9th Armoured Brigade, parade before the corps commander of 3rd Corps, Lt General D F Anderson, at Hadeira in Palestine, 30 October 1943. The other regiments in 9th Armoured Brigade were the Warwickshire Yeomanry, Wiltshire Yeomanry and 1st Royal Horse Artillery

Soviet Union

The Moscow Conference ended. Groundwork was laid for conference of President Roosevelt, Prime Minister Churchill and Premier Stalin at Teheran, Iran. Although a tripartite conference (American-British-Soviet), the Chinese representatives have participated in some phases. Conferees agree to demand “unconditional surrender” of Germany and establish a world organization for peace (the U.N.). Discussions lead to establishment later in London of European Advisory Commission to study and make recommendations on problems relating to termination of the war in Europe. Other agreements included the decision that China should join the alliance as the fourth major power.

Pacific War

CHINA

(Fourteenth Air Force): In China, 7 B-25's and 12 P-40's pound the motor pool and barracks at Shayang; 9 P-38's hit the Chiuchiang dock area; 2 interceptors are shot down.

SOLOMON ISLANDS CAMPAIGN

USAAF Thirteenth Air Force aircraft attack targets on Bougainville. Sixteen B-24s bomb Kara Airfield and shortly afterwards it is hit by 68 SBDs and 27 TBFs escorted by USN and AAF fighters; the airstrip and other targets at Kieta on the west coast are attacked by six B-25s, 12 P-39s and 20 USN aircraft; and the Tonolai harbor area off Kahilli in the southern part of Bougainville is hit by eight P-40s and 17 USN fighters. U.S. aircraft sink a Japanese transport near Kieta.

BISMARCK ARCHIPELAGO

USAAF Fifth Air Force B-25s strafe barges in Rein Bay on New Britain Island.

PACIFIC

U.S. aircraft sink Japanese transport Ujigawa Maru off Rabaul, near Kieta, Bougainville, Solomons, 06°20'S, 155°45'E.

USAAF B-24 attacks Japanese destroyer Satsuki 20 miles south of Mussau, 04°40'S, 149°20'E.

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Day 1509 of World War II, October 31st 1943

Eastern Front

General Tolbukhin, the commander of the Fourth Ukrainian Front, captured Chaplinka, 15 miles north of Perekop, which guarded the north-western entrance to the Crimea. With the main road cut and the railway under fire, this meant that the Germans in the Crimea were virtually cut off by land from the rest of their forces in Russia. It was estimated that there were about 150,000 German and Romanian troops occupying the Crimea, plus the bulk of the Seventeenth Army which had been withdrawn from Taman across the Keren Straits. They were all now in danger of being left behind as the Russians pushed forward along the Black Sea towards Kherson. The Germans enjoyed one great advantage, however, their navy ruled the Black Sea, with the Russians too fearful of Stuka attacks to risk their ships. While this remained the case Hitler was unlikely to sanction an early evacuation on the grounds that the divisions still in the Crimea will tie down major Russian forces to guard against an attack in their rear. This reasoning did not please Field Marshal von Kleist, who would rather get his men, guns and tanks to safety.

Air War over Europe

During the night, RAF Bomber Command sends 17 Mosquitos to bomb four cities: six hit Emden, four each bomb Cologne and Oberhausen and three attack Dusseldorf. One aircraft is lost.

US XII Bomber Command B-17s bombed the Antheor viaduct in France.

Italian Campaign

Teano was captured as the British X Corps advanced towards Monte Santa Croce. The Germans have lost their Italian allies; but they have the rain on their side, a steady remorseless deluge that turned the small fordable rivers of summer into fierce-flowing torrents and made every mountain track a treacherous quagmire. The infantry have the worst of it. Supplies were plentiful in the rear echelons, but for the men in the frontline of this campaign, life became a matter of finding shelter in a slit trench or gully and eating "nourishing" K-rations or bully beef cold from the tin. Hot meals were no more than a memory for thousands. And the Germans were fighting a skilled defensive battle with the aid of their new ally. Bridges were demolished, culverts were mined and booby traps were everywhere. Villages were flattened to deny shelter to the Allies. The advance continued, however, but at a desperately slow speed. Earlier this month, the US Fifth Army managed to cross the Volturno river under an artillery barrage and smoke screen. By 14 October, a four-mile-deep bridgehead had been established. In the east, General Montgomery paused to regroup the Eighth Army; as he did so, four German divisions moved up to oppose him.

The Italian 1st Motorized Group became the first large Italian formation to fight with the Allies. They were assigned to the 5th Army.

In Italy, B-26s hit Anzio; B-25s attacked docks and shipping at Civitavecchia; P-38s strafed and bombed Tirana airfield; weather canceled all NATAF attacks except for 11 P-40s which bombed and strafed a tanker off Split, Yugoslavia, leaving it burning. US XII Air Support Command fighters flew an uneventful naval escort.

Battle of the Atlantic

'U-584' (Type VIIC) was sunk in the North Atlantic, by a Fido homing torpedo from aircraft (VC-9) of the US escort carrier USS 'Card'. (Previously, in June 1942, 'U-584' had landed a saboteur team of 4 men on the shores just south of Jacksonville, Florida; one of two such teams that landed within a week of each other on the US east coast. The boat then returned safely to Brest on 22 July.) Other VC 9 aircraft attacked 'U-91' at the same rendezvous point, but she escaped unharmed.

'U-732' (Type VIIC) was sunk in the mid-Atlantic near Tangier by depth charges from the British anti-submarine trawler HMS 'Imperialist' and the destroyer 'Douglas'. 31 dead, 18 survivors.

'U-306' (Type VIIC) was sunk in the North Atlantic northeast of the Azores by depth charges from the British destroyer HMS 'Whitehall' and the corvette 'Geranium'. 51 dead (all crew lost). The Destroyer 'Borie' (DD-215) damaged German submarine 'U-256' north of the Azores.

'U-262' fired two T-3 and two FAT torpedoes at the combined convoy MKS-28/SL-138 (combined since 24 Oct) and heard four detonations. The U-boat also fired one Gnat at a destroyer, a detonation was heard after 6 minutes 30 seconds and sinking noises. Franke claimed one steamer and one destroyer sunk and another steamer damaged. In fact, only the 'Hallfried' in station #24 of convoy SL-138 was hit by two torpedoes on the port side. The first struck forward of the bridge and the second sank the vessel immediately. Only three able seamen survived and were picked up by the British destroyer HMS 'Wrestler'.

The unescorted 'New Columbia' (Master Frederick Bradley Kent) was hit in the foreship by one FAT torpedo from 'U-68' southwest of Bingerville, Ivory Coast. She sank by the bow after being hit in the engine room by a second FAT torpedo at 21.44 hours. The master, 54 crew members, ten gunners and 19 Kroomen were picked up by the British merchant 'Conakrian' and landed at Lagos. Lauzemis thought after he had questioned the crew that he had sunk the 'Troilus'.

U.S. airship K 94, en route from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to San Juan, Puerto Rico, catches fire and crashes 35 miles north of Cape Borinquen, Puerto Rico.

Black Sea Campaign

'U-24' fired one torpedo and observed a hit on a patrol or minesweeping boat after a running time of 28 seconds. SKA-088 was lost 60 cables south of Gagra.

North Africa

HQ US 1st Fighter Group and it's 71st Fighter Squadron transferred from Mateur to Djedeida, Tunisia with P-38s.

United Kingdom

This morning saw the return of a blockade runner from Sweden, a 1,200 mile run. A convoy consisting of the five warships turned fast freighters, 'Hopewell' (ex 'MGB 504'), 'Nonsuch' (ex 'MGB 505'), 'Gay Viking' (ex 'MGB 506'), 'Gay Corsair' (ex 'MGB 507') and 'Master Steadfast' (ex 'MGB 508'), sailed from the Humber a few days ago. The 'Gay Viking' developed engine trouble and was left behind, the others pressed on, but repeated sightings of enemy aircraft led Binney to believe the operaton had been compromised and he ordered the ships to return to the Humber. In the meantime the 'Gay Viking' unaware the her consorts had turned for home, was underway and making for the Skagerrak, by early morning her commander, Captain Whitfield brought her into Lysekil. 'Gay Viking' put to sea on the return leg on the evening of the 29th and reached home this morning.

United States

Photo: The U.S. Navy escort carrier USS Tripoli (CVE-64) at Astoria, Oregon (USA). She was commissioned at Astoria on 31 October 1943

Photo: The U.S. Navy destroyer escort USS Trumpeter (DE-180) underway off New York City (USA) on 31 October 1943

Pacific War

BURMA-INDIA

(Tenth Air Force): In Burma, in an attempt to knock out the Japanese base from which fighters are attacking ferrying operations, P-40's carrying 1000-pound bombs fly 4 strikes against Myitkyina; following the bomb runs, the fighters strafe AA positions; the attacks cause considerable damage to the base; B-25's attack the Meza railroad bridge, scoring hits on the approaches but missing the structure; the bridge remains unusable due to damage caused by the 10 Oct strike.

BISMARCK ARCHIPELAGO

USAAF Fifth Air Force P-40s sink a barge off the New Britain Island coast.

HAWAII

Admiral Richmond K. Turner, commander of Amphibious Force Pacific Fleet and the Northern Attack Force (Task Force 52), begins rehearsals for Operation GALVANIC the invasion of the Gilbert Islands, off Hawaii.
Task Force 31 units rendezvous west of Guadalcanal, then sail for Bougainville in the Solomon Islands. Japanese airfields on southern Bougainville are now unserviceable.

USN submarine sink two Japanese vessels:

- At 0600 hours, USS Gabilan sinks small patrol craft about 124 nautical miles SSW of Osaka, Honshu, Japan, in position 32.50N, 134.21E.
- At 0900 hours: USS Guitarro sinks an armed cargo ship and two cargo ships about 78 nautical miles WNW of Olongapo, Luzon, Philippine Islands, in position 15.15N, 119.56E.

Photo: The U.S. Navy heavy cruisers USS Salt Lake City (CA-25), USS Pensacola (CA-24) and USS New Orleans (CA-32) (listed from left to right) nested together at Pearl Harbor, 31 October 1943. Ford Island is at the left, with the battleship USS Oklahoma (BB-37) under salvage at the extreme left, just beyond Salt Lake City's forward superstructure. Note the radar antennas, gun directors and 203 mm guns on these three heavy cruisers. Two New Mexico-class battleships are visible in the background between Pensacola and New Orleans

SOUTH PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS

(Thirteenth Air Force): 20+ B-25's, with fighter support bomb Kara Airfield.

SOUTHWEST PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS

(Fifth Air Force): P-40's sink a barge off the New Britain coast. The 65th Troop Carrier Squadron, 54th Troop Carrier Wing, ceases operating from Tsili Tsili and returns to it's base at Nadzab, New Guinea with C-47's.

PACIFIC

Submarine Rasher (SS-269) sinks Japanese oiler Koryu Maru, 00°25'N, 119°45'E.

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Day 1510 of World War II, November 1st 1943

Eastern Front

Soviet units captured Perekop during their advance to Armiansk isolating the Crimea. Part of the Soviet 56th Army was landed in the Crimea near Enikale. Soviet forces captured Chaplinka, sealing off the Crimean peninsula from land communications, trapping the German 17th Army. The German's only line of communications was across the Black Sea to Romania. Red Navy forces landed on the Kerch peninsula.

Air War over Europe

589 RAF aircraft - 344 Lancasters, 233 Halifaxes, 12 Mosquitos were ordered to Düsseldorf. 18 aircraft - 11 Lancasters, 7 Halifaxes - were lost, 3.1 per cent of the force. The main weight of the raid fell in the centre and south of the city with extensive damage both to housing and to industrial premises. 38 Lancaster IIs - Nos 3 and 5 Groups - made the first large-scale test of the G-H blind-bombing device and attempted to bomb the Mannesmann tubular-steel works on the northern outskirts of Düsseldorf while the main raid was taking place. 5 had to return early and 2 more were lost; the equipment in 16 other aircraft failed to function leaving only 15 aircraft to bomb the factory on G-H. The device later became a most useful blind-bombing device when it was produced in sufficient numbers for a major part of Bomber Command to be fitted with it. 52 Lancasters and 10 Mosquitos of No 8 Group carried out a diversionary raid on Cologne without loss. Other operations were 13 Oboe Mosquitos to a Krupps foundry at Rheinhausen and 2 Mosquitos to Dortmund, 23 aircraft of No 3 Group minelaying in the Frisians, 27 OTU sorties. 1 OTU Whitley lost.

H2S was used for the first time to assist the minelaying force and is an indication that a start had been made in equipping Main Force squadrons with H2S.

During early Nov, HQ 479th Antisubmarine Group and it's 4th, 6th, 19th and 22d Antisubmarine Squadrons (Heavy) transferred from Dunkeswell to Podington, England. HQ 401st Bombardment Group (Heavy) arrives at Deenethorpe,England from the U.S

A progress report, assessing results of the Combined Bomber Offensive (CBO), estimated that 19 important German towns and cities have been virtually destroyed, 19 severely damaged and 9 more effectively damaged. A joint report of the British Ministry of Economic Warfare and Air Ministry lntelligence Branch claimed that 10 percent of the total war potential of Germany has been destroyed.

The US Ninth Air Force comes under operational control of the Allied Expeditionary Air Force (AEAF) which is activated on this date to provide the tactical air force for the invasion of W Europe (Operation OVERLORD).

Italian Campaign

In the U.S. Fifth Army area, British X Corps continues to clear the Mt. Massico-Mt. St. Croce hill mass on the western flank of the Fifth Army. The 56th Division takes Roccamonfina. In the U.S. VI Corps area, the 168th Infantry Regiment of the 34th Infantry Division reaches Capriati al Volturno.

Battle of the Atlantic

During a storm, the surfaced German submarine 'U-405' (Type VIIC) is sunk about 640 nautical miles (1 184 kilometers) north-northwest of Lagens Field, Azores Islands, by ramming, small arms fire and depth charges from the USN destroyer USS 'Borie' (DD-215); all 49 crewmen in the sub are lost. USS 'Borie' is part of the hunter-killer group built around the escort aircraft carrier USS 'Card' (CVE-11). Twenty seven crewmen on the destroyer are lost and the ship is too badly damaged by the collision to be towed to port, so the destroyer USS 'Barry' (DD-248) fires three torpedoes which miss. A TBF-1 Avenger of Composite Squadron Nine (VC-9) in USS 'Card' drops four depth charges and 'Borie' sinks at 0954 hours on 2 November.

SS 'Tioga' (715t) was sunk by a U Boat, SE of the Farne Islands.

Battle of the Mediterranean

US General Spaatz took command of all US Air Forces in the Mediterranean. The Fifteenth Air Force was activated, with HQ at Tunis, Tunisia and Lieutenant General James H. Doolittle as Commanding General. With the activation of the Fifteenth AF on this date, the units of the US XII Bomber Command transferred to the new air force. Northwest African Tactical Bomber Force (NATBF) aircraft bombed shipping in harbors of Ancona, Italy and Split, Yugoslavia, hit a tunnel mouth near Antrodoco, Italy, and attacked scattered gun positions and motor transport on both the US Fifth and British Eighth Army fronts. The US XII Air Support Command hit numerous bridges and junctions and the town of Pontecorvo, Italy. The Royal Air Force (RAF) Desert Air Force (DAF) hit inland roads and vehicles in advance of the battleline, shipping at Split, Yugoslavia and the town of Carpinone, Italy. In Italy, B-l7s bombed the town and harbor of La Spezia and a railroad bridge at Vezzano; B-25s hit marshalling yards at Rimini and Ancona. Fighters flew escort.

Soviet Union

The Moscow Declaration was published. The governments of USSR, UK, and USA declared they regarded Germany's annexation of Austria null and void.

A U.S. Military Mission to the Soviet Union is organized under Major General John R. Deane to establish American airfields in the USSR for shuttle bombing of Axis territory.

United States

Photo: The U.S. Navy destroyer escort USS Brackett (DE-41) off the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington (USA), on 1 November 1943

Pacific War

BURMA-INDIA

(Tenth Air Force): During Nov, a detachment of the 71st Liaison Squadron, US Army Forces, CBI, based at Ledo, India is sent to Kunming, China with L-4's and L-5's. During Nov, the detachment of the 530th Fighter-Bomber Squadron, 311th Fighter-Bomber Group, at Kurmitola, India with A-36's returns to it's base at Dinjan, India

ALASKA

The Alaska Theater of Operations is established. The Alaska Department, U.S. Army, is reassigned from the Western Defense Command and assigned directly to the War Department.

CHINA

(Fourteenth Air Force): 6 B-25's and 9 P-40's bomb the Yoyang, China railroad yards. During Nov, the 75th Fighter Squadron, 23d Fighter Group transfers from Kweilin to Hengyang, China with P-40's.

SOUTH PACIFIC

(Thirteenth Air Force): US Marines land on Bougainville. This operation is aimed at eliminating the last Japanese strongholds SE of Rabaul. Allied fighters covering the operations shoot down 20+ Japanese aircraft. Naval gunfire accounts for several more. 21 B-24's bomb Kahili Airfield and Kara Airfield is attacked by 19 B-24's, 30+ P-40's and P-39's, and 70+ US Navy (USN) fighters and dive bombers. P-38's on sweep over waters NW of the Solomons claim 7 Zekes shot down. B-25's strafe barges and wharf area at Faisi. During the night of 1/2 Nov, 2 radar snooper B-24's attack a convoy W of Cape Saint George. The 64th Troop Carrier Squadron, 403d Troop Carrier Group, transfers from Espiritu Santo to Henderson Field with C-47's.

SOLOMON ISLANDS CAMPAIGN

After preparatory naval gunfire and aerial bombardment, Northern Force of Vice Admiral Theordore Wilkinson's Task Force 31 starts landing the 3d Marine Division, reinforced, of Major General Arthur Vandegrift's I Marine Amphibious Corps on Bougainville Island at about 0730 hours. The 3d and 9th Marine Regiment land abreast on the north shore of Empress Augusta Bay in the Cape Torokina area and establish a shallow beachhead despite opposition from small but determined Japanese defense force. (Most of the Japanese troops are garrisoned in the southern end of this large island where the airfields and landing beaches are.) Elements of the 2d Marine Raider Regiment (Provisional) land on Puruata Island., off Cape Torokina, and begin to clear it.

Map: Map depicting the initial US landings on Bougainville, 1 November 1943

Photo: The after 6/47 gun turrets of the U.S. Navy light cruiser USS Columbia (CL-56) firing, during the night bombardment of Japanese facilities in the Shortlands that covered the landings on Bougainville. This photograph has been rather crudely retouched to eliminate radar antennas on gun directors and masthead

Photo: A Japanese plane plunges into the sea ahead of the U.S. Navy light cruiser USS Columbia (CL-56), as she steams in column with other cruisers during the attack on Bougainville, 1-2 November 1943. Note the 6"/47 gun turrets, with six-inch shell casings on deck below them. The sailor in the left foreground is spotting from the 5" DP dual mount behind the forward 6" turrets

Major General Allen Turnage, Commanding General 3d Marine Division takes command ashore. Japanese air attacks delay unloading of cargo and surf damages many landing craft, but the operation is otherwise very successful. Cruiser and destroyer force of Task Force 39 (Rear Admiral Aaron S. Merrill) and carrier task force TF 38 (Rear Admiral Frederick C. Sherman) shell and bomb Japanese airfields and installations in the Buka-Bonis area. Rear Admiral Merrill's force later bombards enemy airfields on Shortland Island. U.S. and New Zealand fighters covering the operations shoot down 20+ Japanese aircraft. Naval gunfire accounts for several more.

Photo: U.S. troops go over the side of a Coast Guard manned combat transport to enter the landing barges at Empress Augusta Bay, Bougainville, as the invasion gets under way. November, 1943

Photo: Men of the Third Marines hotly engaged on Blue Beach shortly after their landing

On southern Bougainville, 21 USAAF 13th AF B-24s bomb Kahili Airfield while Kara Airfield is attacked by 19 B-24s, 30+ P-40s and P-39s, and 70+ US Navy fighters and dive bombers. P-38s on a sweep over waters northwest of the Solomons claim seven Zeros shot down. B-25s strafe barges and wharf area at Faisi Island.

YouTube (Landing Operation And Subsequent Capture Of Bougainville In 1943 By American Forces Of The 37th Division, 14th Corps, And 3rd Marine Division)

PACIFIC: BATTLE OF EMPRESS AUGUSTA BAY

Vice Admiral Omori Sentaro departs Rabaul, New Britain Island, Bismarck Archipelago, to escort 1,000 Japanese Army troops to oppose the U.S. invasion at Cape Torokina on Bougainville Island. Omori's force includes heavy cruisers Myoko and Haguro, light cruisers Agano and Sendai, six destroyers and four destroyer-transports.

The Japanese force is intercepted by the four radar-equipped USN light cruisers of Task Force 39, USS Cleveland, Columbia, Denver and Montpelier and eight destroyers. At 0150 hour, all four U.S. cruisers take the light cruiser Sendai under 6-inch fire and set her afire; the cruiser is abandoned at 0200 hours and she soon sinks with most of her crew. Two Japanese destroyers collide while avoiding U.S. shell fire and at 0300 hours, the heavy cruiser Myoko collides with another destroyer; the American destroyers sink this latter destroyer and the Japanese withdraw with the remaining Japanese forces. Japanese planes attack TF 39 during its retirement from the scene of battle, damaging light cruiser USS Montpelier.

Map: Naval Operations off Bougainville - 31 Oct-2 Nov 1943

SOUTHWEST PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS

(Fifth Air Force): In the Celebes, 11 B-24's bomb Maniang and nearby Pombelaa. A lone B-24 scores hit on ship off Kavieng.

BISMARCK ARCHIPELAGO

Japanese aircraft reinforcements, 82 Zeros, 45 Vals, 40 Kates and six reconnaissance aircraft, arrive at Rabaul, New Britain Island. There are now about 200 aircraft based at Rabaul.

A lone USAAF Fifth Air Force B-24 scores hit on ship off Kavieng, New Ireland Island. During the night of 1st November, two USAAF Thirteenth Air Force radar snooper B-24s attack a convoy west of Cape Saint George on New Ireland Island.

GILBERT ISLAND GROUP

Photo: "Operation Galvanic, November 1943. A PBY “Catalina” takes off from Hawkins Field on Betio Island in the Gilbert Island Group after that island was captured by U.S. Marines. This runway was pitted an filled with debris from shelling and bombing but was in use by our airmen six days after the first assault waves hit the beach"

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