* “Great Britain and the United States,” the Prime Minister told the House proudly, “are now warrior nations, walking in fear of the Lord, very heavily armed and with an increasingly clear view of their salvation.”
I wonder if those words caused as much consternation to the left in 1943 as they would in 2013. I doubt it – HJS.
http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1943/feb1943/f12feb43.htm
Soviets advance in Ukraine and Caucasus
Friday, February 12, 1943 www.onwar.com
On the Eastern Front... In the Caucasus the Soviets capture Krasnodar. To the north, west of the Don River, Shakhty, Kommunarsk and Krasnoarmeskoye are all occupied by the advancing Red Army.
An interesting article on the shared command arrangements between the British and Americans. While it certainly helped to have a common language, there are not many examples of this type of mixed nationalities in a unified command structure in coalition warfare. It was far better than the German-Italian arrangements. As we will see in France next year, the command arrangements were far better than the just the Germans alone.
The Battle of the Atlantic is costing Allies over half a million tons of shipping per month (627,000 tons in March 1943), but only for a few more months.
The "Atlantic Gap" in air cover will be closed soon, helping reduce sinkings to under 100,000 per month (June 1943).
By war's end, monthly sinkings will average under 50,000 tons.