Aces High is continuing our series on months of WW2, and this week we would like to take a look at November, 1943. Here, then, is a timeline of events that happened during that month. We hope our online flight sim gamers enjoy this glimpse of history.
- 1st Operation Goodtime begins as the U.S. Marines land on Bougainville in the Solomon Islands.
- 2nd The Battle of Empress begins between U.S. and Japan
- 5th Italians bomb the Vatican
- 6th Red Army liberates the city of Kiev.
- 9th Allies take Castiglione, Italy
- 9th General De Gaulle becomes President of French Committee of National Liberation.
- 11th Americans continue to bomb Rabaul
- 12th Germans overrun British on Dodecanese Islands off coast of Turkey.
- 15th Allied Expeditionary Force for invasion of Europe is formed
- 16th Battle of Leros ends with surrender of British and Italian forces.
- 16th Japanese submarine sinks USA submarine Corvina near Truk
- 18th 440 Royal Air Force planes bomb Berlin
- 20th Battle of Tarawa begins; U.S. Marines land on Tarawa and Makin in the Gilbert Islands
- 22nd The Cairo Conference between Roosevelt, Churchill, and Chiang Kai-Shek is held in Cairo.
- 24th heavy bombing of Berlin continues
- 25th Americans and Japanese fight the naval Battle of Cape St. George
- 25th Rangoon is bombed by U.S.
- 27th The Casablanca Conference end.
- 28th The Tehran Conference begins to discuss war strategy
What a fascinating month of the war. You can see the strategies playing out and all sides move pieces like a chess game, except the chess board is a map of the world. Just the logistics of moving supplies, aircraft, ships, and tanks around the board where they are needed must have been an enormous responsibility. Add to that the sheer numbers that we are talking about, and how difficult it is to move hundreds of thousands of men and supplies from one point to the next….and then the continual stream of information that has to be digested and acted upon….yes, this was a fascinating war indeed!
Anyway, we hope you enjoy this historical overview of World War 2. You should expect nothing less from the makers of the number one combat flight simulator on the market.
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