Air Operations, Bismarcks
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Air Operations, EuropeUS 15th AIR FORCEAUSTRIA:
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Air Operations, New GuineaV Bomber Command B-25s attack lines of communication around Fortification Point. V Fighter Command P-39 fighter-bombers attack targets in the Bogadjim area. [![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Air Operations, Solomons
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() CBIBURMAOn the Tarung River the Japanese drive off attacks by the 112th Regiment of the Chinese 38th Div which suffers heavily. [![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Eastern FrontThe Soviets take Kakhovka on the lower Dniepr and hold the German attacks around Krivoy Rog. SOUTHERN SECTORThe fighting around Kiev and Veliki Bukrin continues as the 1st Ukrainian Front tries to smash its way through the German defenses. [![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Italy8th Army's operations across the Trigno are stepped up into a full-scale attack. In the main coastal sector the advance of 78th Division is supported by a naval bombardment. During the night the 78th Division and the 8th Indian Division make repeated attacks across the Trigno River where the area is being held by the German 16th Panzer Division. On the west coast the Allied forces continue to make ground slowly. Patrols of the 7th Armored Division and the 46th Division from British X Corps reach the Garigliano. The VI Corps prepares to cross 2 divisions, the 45th and the 34th, over the Volturno. During the night, Company F of the 180th Infantry, crosses below Sesto Campano. [![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() MediterraneanU-340 is sunk just inside the Mediterranian by the British destroyers Active and Witherington, and the sloop Fleetwood. Assisting in the demise of the U-boat are Wellingtons 'R' and 'W' of No 179 Squadron RAF.
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() New BritainThe Japanese base at Rabaul is attacked by 75 B-25 US bombers escorted by 80 P-38 Lightning fighters from 5th Air Force. The attack is met with very strong resistance by Japanese aircraft and anti-aircraft batteries. 18 Japanese aircraft are destroyed on the ground but the Americans lose 8 bombers and 9 fighters in the action. Perhaps 20 aircraft on each side are lost. The US sinks 2 merchant ships and 1 submarine hunter in the harbor. [![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() PacificThe US submarines Seahorse (SS-304), Halibut (SS-232) and Trigger (SS-237), each operating independent of the other, attack a Japanese convoy south of Honshu. Seahorse sinks the transport Chihaya Maru (7089t) and army cargo ship Yawata Maru (1852t). Halibut sinks the army cargo ship Ehime Maru (4653t). Trigger sinks the army transport Delagoa Maru (7148t). Together, Seahorse and Trigger sink the army cargo ship Ume Maru (5859t). [![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ` SolomonsBATTLE OF EMPRESS AUGUSTA BAYJust after midnight Adm Sentaro Omori's squadron steaming for Bougainville is detected by the radar of the American Task Force 39, led by Adm Aaron S. Merrill. A confused night action ensues in which the American radar proves crucial. The Japanese lose the cruiser Sendai and the destroyer Hatsukaze and most of their other ships are damaged. 2 cruisers, the Montpelier (CL-57) and the Denver (CL-58), and 2 destroyers, the Foote (DD-511) and the Spence (DD-512), are damaged on the American side, but the Japanese are forced to turn away. During the day, air attacks on Merrill's ships fail. BOUGAINVILLEThe 3rd Marine Division is slowly expanding the beachhead and organizing defenses. The 3rd Marines, which has had hard fighting on its right flank, is exchanging places with the 9th Marines. Puruata Island is cleared by noon. Carrier planes from Task Force 38 make 2 strikes against Bonis, continuing the neutralization of the airfields, before departing to refuel. [![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() United States, CommandGen Carl Spaatz takes command of all US Air Forces in the Mediterranean. [![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Scenes from November 2, 1943
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