[Homer_J_Simpson]

Transport Bagged – 2
The News of the War Summarized – 2
Allied Air Blows on Reich Force Big Shifts of People * – 3
Sicilian Airfields Battered Afresh – 4
Russians Strike on Three Fronts, Repel Attempt to Cross Donets – 4-5
Daring Attack by 3 American Destroyers Routed Japanese Fleet Off the Aleutians – 5
Yanks in England Pose Social Issue (Bracker) – 6
New Center Heals Wounded Soldiers – 6
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on Fighting in Various Zones – 7-8

* Excerpt: In the companion raid by other Fortresses on Kiel, 100 miles north of Bremen, headquarters said that crewmen were so busy using their guns against German fighters that cameras were largely unused and it was impossible to ascertain the results immediately.

22 of the 76 B-17s assigned to Kiel were shot down. No wonder they didn’t have time to take snapshots.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1943/jun1943/f15jun43.htm

German Jet Bomber Tested
Tuesday, June 15, 1943 www.onwar.com

In Germany... The world’s first jet bomber/reconnaissance aircraft — the Arado Ar234 — is flight-tested at Rheine, near Munster.

In the Indian Ocean... The disguised German raider Michel sinks a Norwegian ship west of Australia.

[BroJoeK]

Headline: "Yanks in England Pose Social Issue (Bracker) – 6"

You got to love it!

I read carefully to see if the article included those most famous words of all:

"They're over-paid, over-sexed and over here."

Would have thought that to be obligatory, but maybe not so much, at the time... ;-)

Most interesting to note that Brits in 1943 considered our boys to be better men than those of the First World War.
Who would of thought it?

[henkster]

Nice article on the toll our submarines are taking on Japanese shipping. While the article will always mention that loss of combat vessels to submarines, the loss of merchant shipping cannot be understated. Japan entered the war with a shortage of merchant shipping, and this year she will begin to feel the economic pinch as the shipping fleet will start to shrink.

For anyone interested in reading about the American submarine campaign in the Pacific, Clay Blair Jr.’s “Silent Victory” is a must read. I know I’ve plugged this book before, but it is THE reference work on this aspect of WW2.