[Homer_J_Simpson]

Twin Drives Score (Kluckhohn) – 2-3
2,500 Air Sorties in a Day Set Record in North Africa – 3-4
Invasion Spurred by Tunisia Victory (Callender) – 4
Victory Will Free 30,000 Tunis Jews – 4-5
War News Summarized – 5
Aleutian Advance (Shalett) – 6-7
Alaskan Combat Scouts Led Men in Midwinter Move at Amchitka (by William L. Worden, first-time contributor) – 7
A New Springboard for Attacking the Japanese in the Aleutians (photos) – 8-9
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the War – 10-12
Submarine Hero Died to Save His Ship in Fight in the Pacific – 12

[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1943/may1943/f08may43.htm

British advance disrupts Axis retreat
Saturday, May 8, 1943 www.onwar.com

A British column in Tunisia [photo at link].

In Tunisia... Axis forces are attempting to withdraw to the Cape Bon Peninsula. During the night (May 8-9), however, the British 6th Armored Division drives from Hammam Lif toward Hammamet, disrupting the retreating Axis columns.

In the Solomon Islands... Three Japanese destroyers are sunk by the American mines surrounding New Georgia Island.