Flight Simulators

Welcome back to the next in our timelines of events during World War 2.  As you know by now, we at Aces High are all about making sure that our combat flight simulator is the most realistic on the market, and what better way to do that than to know as much about World War 2 as we possibly can.  We hope yourselves why Aces High is the best flight sim on the market.  Now, on to February, 1943.

• 2^nd Battle of Stalingrad comes to an end with the surrender of the German 6^th Army.
• 2^nd Rommel retreats farther into Tunisia.  It is the first time Allied troops have advanced to Tunisia since the war began.
• 5^th Allies completely control Libya.
• 5^th Essen is bombed as an prolonged attack on the Ruhr industrial area begins.
• 7^th shoe rationing begins in U.S.
• 8^th Britain begins the Chindits, or long range penetration into Burma
• 8^th Nuremburg is bombed.
• 8^th U.S. VI Corps arrives in North Africa
• 9^th Guadalcanal is secured by American forces in Pacific.
• 9^th Munich and Vienna are heavily bombed in addition to Berlin
• 11^th Eisenhower is named to command Allied armies in Europe
• 13^th Rommel counter-attacks Americans in Tunisia and takes Sid Bouzid and Gafsa
• 13^th Battle of Kasserine Pass begins.  Americans are forced to retreat.
• 14^th Rostov-on-Don is liberated by Red Army
• 16^th Soviet Union reconquers Kharkov
• 18^th German minister Joseph Goebbels declares a total war against Allies
• 21^st Americans take Russell Islands, part of the Solomons.
• 22^nd Hans and Sophie Scholl are executed
• 25^th Japanese POWs refuse to work at Featherston prisoner of war camp
• 26^th Rommel retreats northward from Mareth Line in Tunisia
• 28^th SS United Victory, the first Victory ship, is launched.  The Victory ships will prove crucial in re-supply efforts.

And the war continued.  Next week we will take a look at February, 1944, and the events that led to domination of the war by the Allied forces.

The war is now over, but those who want to experience the thrills and chills of those days can get no closer than Aces High.  Here you will get a feeling for what it must have felt like to fly over the European Theater on bombing runs as you move troops and equipment in real-life scenarios.  Strap on your helmet and fly the skies of Aces High.