Air Operations, Bismarcks

Nearly 100 V Bomber Command B-24s and B-25s attack Arawe, Borgen Bay, and Cape Gloucester. V Fighter Command P-40s attack Cape Hoskins.

Air Operations, CBI

• 14th Air Force fighters attack rail targets at Hopong and Hsipaw.
• During the night, RAF Wellingtons attack Moulmein.

• 11th Medium Bomb Squadron B-25s mount more than 30 effective sorties against Changte throughout the day. 14th Air Force fighters also mount numerous strikes against the city.
• 23rd Fighter Group and 3rd CACW Fighter Group P-40s, and a 449th Fighter Squadron P-38 down 4 Ki-43 'Oscar' fighters and Ki-44 'Tojo' fighters over the Changte airfield during the course of several engagements during the day.

Air Operations, Marshalls

During the night, VII Bomber Command B-24s stage through Hawkins Field on Betio to attack the Maloelap and Wotje atolls.

Air Operations, New Guinea

V Bomber Command B-25s and A-20s attack dumps and occupied villages in the Finschhafen area.

Air Operations, Solomons

• A VMF(N)-531 PV crew downs an E13A 'Jake' reconnaissance floatplane off Mutupina Point at 0400 hours.
• 24 42nd Medium Bomb Group B-25s attack an occupied village on Bougainville. 6 B-25s and a number of AirSols fighters attack an occupied mission on Bougainville. 1 B-24 attacks a supply dump at Kieta while conducting an armed reconnaissance mission. AirSols fighters strafe numerous ground targets throughout the area.

Eastern Front

The Soviets advance a little to the north of Znamenka and cut the rail line to Smela southwest of Kremenchug.

The XLVIII Panzer Corps renews its attack west of Kiev with the aim of destroying what the 4th Panzer Army believes is a small Soviet grouping at Meleni. Both the XIII and LIX Corps are involved in heavy fighting on either flank, the XIII on the right and LIX on the left.

Italy

The British 56th Div captures Monte Camino after a bitter struggle. To the right II Corps now attacks Monte la Difensa, with some success. In the eastern sector of the front the Canadian 1st Div crosses the Moro River.

Occupied Holland

Anton Mussert, leader of the Dutch Nazis, admits the situation in Holland is very difficult. About 100 Dutch Nazis have been killed. He says that 150,000 Dutch Jews have been expelled.

Images from December 6, 1943

James Hill (right) Briefing Canadian Paratroopers, 6 December 1943

The Greek Destroyer Adrias at Alexandria Harbor, 6 December 1943

Roosevelt, Ismet Inönü (President of Turkey) and Churchill at the Second Cairo Conference on 4–6 December 1943.

Second Cairo Conference

A soldier driving a tractor leads a convoy of military supply trucks over the muddy Stilwell Road in December 1943.

Supply Trucks on the Stilwell Road