[Homer_J_Simpson]

Spezia is Bombed – 2
Churchill and Allied Chiefs Fix Details of Next Blows (Middleton) – 3
Double Axis Defeat Seen by Marshall – 4
Roosevelt’s Fate is Linked to War (Gallup) – 4
Zero Hour is Near in Mediterranean – 4-5
New Soviet Raids Smash Nazi Base – 5
War News Summarized – 5
Greatest Victory over U-Boats Told – 6
New Nazi Weapons Pledged by Reich – 6
Japanese Excel in U.S. Combat Unit – 7
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the War – 8-9

The News of the Week in Review
Twenty News Questions – 10
Axis Armies Mass for the Next Phase in the Battle for Russia (map) – 11
Russians Note Decline of Mighty Wehrmacht (Sulzberger) – 12
Trend of the Sea War Now Favors the Allies (Baldwin) – 13
China Strikes Back at Her Invaders (map) – 14
Chinese Give New Proof of Power in Offensive (Atkinson) – 15
Answers to Twenty News Questions – 16
The Best Selling Books, Here and Elsewhere (from Book Review) – 16

[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1943/jun1943/f06jun43.htm

Italian held island continues to be hit
Sunday, June 6, 1943 www.onwar.com

Wellington bombers were used in the bombing of Pantelleria [photo at link].

In the Mediterranean... The bombardment of the Italian island of Pantelleria continues.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

If I’m in the German high command that map on pg. 11 doesn’t give me warm fuzzy feelings about Citadel.

[henkster]

Speer has taken over the role of Armaments Minister, which he will perform quite capably. Up till now, German military production has lagged considerably and has not been near its potential. Speer is going to change all of that, although his production peaks are still over a year away.

Hitler will be dazzled by his production figures. However, despite Speer’s efforts, the military production of the military-economic bloc arrayed against Germany is going to make Speer’s figures look paltry. The wartime output of the USA, USSR and British Empire is simply mind-boggling; astronomical numbers that Hitler will refuse to accept as accurate.