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At Aces High we are all about history.  Let’s face it, our game is based on World War II, so how silly would it be if we were not students of history?  How could we ever make our combat flight simulator life-like and accurate if we did not study everything about World War 2?

We hope you have been following along as we show a timeline of the individual months during WWII and give you highlights of what happened during those months.  Maybe these WW2 timelines can help you gain a better perspective about the massive worldwide effort that occurred during the 1940’s.

With that out of the way, today we want to highlight December, 1943

• 2^nd Germany conducts a successful air raid on Bari, Italy.  The bombing hit some mustard gas canisters, killing 83 soldiers, and all told there were 1000 casualties.
• 3^rd Edward R. Murrow delivers his “Orchestrated Hell” broadcast, telling about the RAF bombing raid over Berlin.
• 4^th Bolivia declares war on all Axis Powers.
• 4^th In Yugoslavia, Marshal Tito proclaims a democratic Yugoslavian government in exile.
• 12^th Rommel is appointed head of “Fortress Europe” and is now chief planner against an expected Allied offensive in 1944.
• 13^th German soldiers complete the Massacre of Kalavryta in southern Greece.
• 13^th U.S. VIII Corps arrives in Europe.
• 14^th U.S. XV Corps arrives in Europe.
• 16^th Russia takes back Kalinin.
• 24^th Eisenhower becomes Supreme Allied Commander in Europe.
• 26^th German battleship Scharnhorst is sunk off North Cape in Arctic Ocean.
• 26^th American Marines land on Cape Cloucester, New Britain.
• 27^th General Eisenhower is names Head of Overloard, or the Invasion of Normandy.
• 28^th China has success against Japan in Burma.
• 29^th Japan hands over control of Andaman Islands to Azad Hind.

You may have noticed that this was a slow month for activity.  The main reason for that, of course, is the fact that it was the dead of winter in Europe.  Extreme cold and horrible weather conditions make it very hard to move troops and supplies; so much of the war activity consists of planning and strategizing, as well as re-stocking supplies.  As the snows melt and the temperatures improve in March, troop activity increased greatly.

We hope you are enjoying this series, and we hope you check back next week when we’ll take a look at December, 1944.  Until then, strap on your helmet and fly the skies with Aces High, the best World War 2 Flight Simulator on the market.