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Elite Guard in Van (Parker) – 2-3
Senators in Move (Lawrence) – 3-4
War News Summarized – 4
Allies Advance in North Tunisia; Rommel’s Guns Open Up in South – 5
Spellman Offers Allies’ War Credo – 5
Text of Archbishop Spellman’s Talk in Africa – 6
R.A.F. Bombs Blast Air Bases in France – 7
Japanese Retreat Goes On in Yunnan – 7
Flier Fights 31 Japanese Planes; Has 11 Wounds when He Bails Out – 8
Wallace Speech Hailed in Turkey (Brock) – 8
Those Who Plan and Those Who Execute in China (photos) – 9
The Texts of the Day’s War Communiques – 10-11

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http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1943/mar1943/f15mar43.htm

Germans take Kharkov from Soviets
Monday, March 15, 1943 www.onwar.com

German infantry after the recapture of Kharkov [photo at link]

On the Eastern Front... German forces complete the recapture of Kharkov after the last Soviet defenders of the tractor factory withdraws. Meanwhile, to the north, Soviet forces capture Kholm and Zharkovskiy, to the north and east of Velikiye Luki as the German Army Group Center continues its withdrawal.

In New Guinea... The US 7th Fleet (Admiral Carpender) is formed to control naval operations around the island.