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Nazi Anchor Taken – 2-3
Kharkov Given Up, Germans Declare – 3
Assassins Attack 4th Mussert Aid – 3
Reich Vulnerable in Oil of Rumania (Sulzberger) – 4
War News Summarized – 4
Rommel Repulsed (Middleton) – 5-6
Allied Air Base in North Africa Raided by Nazi Bombers (photo) – 6
Olympics Planned by United Nations (Bracker) – 7
Allies Call for Unconditional Surrender on Two Fronts (photos) – 8
The Chicago Sunk (Hurd) – 9-10
Final Phases of the Guadalcanal Battle; Ten Steps that Brought Victory to U.S. – 9
Racketeering Bill Stirs Sharp Clash (Stark) – 10
Red Cross Award to City Concerns – 11
Tinder in WPB Set-up (Krock) – 13
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on Fighting in Various Zones – 14-16
Manpower Problems-III (by Hanson W. Baldwin) – 16

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http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1943/feb1943/f17feb43.htm

Axis offensive threatens Allies in Tunisia
Wednesday, February 17, 1943 www.onwar.com

General von Arnim inspecting front line German troops [photo at link]

In Tunisia... Attacks by the forces under von Arnim and Rommel make good progress. In the north, Axis forces are approaching Sheitla, having destroyed two thirds of the US 1st Armored Division. To the south, Rommel’s forces enter Feriana. Von Arnim, with limited aims in mind, diverts 10th Panzer Division toward Foundouk, which has been abandoned by its American defenders, rather than pushing toward Sbeitla. Rommel, has proposed a more ambitious plan to the Italian and German High Commands but no decision is made.

On the Eastern Front... Hitler flies to the headquarters of Field Marshal Manstein, at Zaporozhye. He stays until February 19th and will approve Manstein’s plan for a counterattack.