Air Operations, CBIBURMA
Air Operations, EuropeRAF BOMBER COMMANDEvening Ops:
Air Operations, Solomons
Battle of the AtlanticDuring the night there is an abortive combined operation by U-boats and Condor aircraft west of Portugal. An RAF Fortress from the Azores sinks U-707. [ | ]Eastern FrontCENTRAL SECTORThe 3rd and 4th Shock Armies launch new attacks against the 3rd Panzer Army, gaining more ground around Nevel as the junction of the IX and LIII Corps is put under intense pressure. SOUTHERN SECTORThe 4th Panzer Army is reinforced with the XXIV Panzer Corps and XLVIII Panzer Corps. Limited counterattacks are launched near Fastov. Vatutin is about to be caught in the same trap Manstein had sprung on him in the spring of 1943 around Kharkov when he neglected to note the buildup of German armor on his exposed flank. [ | ]Germany, Home FrontIn a speech in Munich Hitler promises retaliation for Allied 'terror' bombing. [ | ]ItalyThe battle on the 5th Army sector continues with no decisive success as both sides organize attacks and counterattacks. The 56th Div, British X Corps, US 5th Army, drives off a series of fierce counterattacks by German armored units under Gen Hans Hube near Calabritto. Units of the US VI Corps reach the summit of Monte Rotundo, and further north the 45th Div continues its efforts to take the hills north of Venafro and Pozzilli. To the east, where Montgomery's 8th Army is operating, the 78th Div reaches the upper reaches of the Sangro River. Gen Traugott Herr, commander of the German LXXVI Pzr Corps, has withdrawn his regiments behind the north bank of the river. The weather is still very bad, and the state of the ground imposes a new lull in the operations. Gen Harold Alexander, Commander-in-Chief of the XV Army Group, operating in Italy, prepares plans for an amphibious landing on the Tyrrhenian coast behind the 'Gustav' line. [ | ]LebanonThe Chamber of Deputies votes to amend the Constitution in defiance of the French Delegate Gen Jean Helleu. [ | ]Scenes from November 8, 1943
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