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2 Key Towns Taken (Middleton) – 2-3
PT Boats Battle Sea for 2 Nights (Matthews) – 3
Released Italians Seek to Join Allies – 3-4
Mutual Congratulations on a Job Well Done (photo) – 4
Capture of ‘Bloody Ridge’ in Sicily Like Victory of Hill 609 in Tunisia (Boyle) – 5
War News Summarized – 5
Ploesti Oil Raid Damage Big; Plane Loss Tops 20, Foe’s 51 – 6-7
Mussolini Gone. It is Cause for Rejoicing in Milan (photo) – 6
Red Army in Orel, Reich Radio Says – 7-8
Our Airmen Sever a Japanese Communications Link in Burma (photos) – 8-9
OWI Director Forecasts Invasion of Continent by Way of England – 10
Palestine Arabs Fear Loss of Land (Suzberger) – 10
Tanks’ Vital Role in War (Baldwin) – 11
8th Air Force Gets ‘Home Folks’ Visit (by W.H. Lawrence) – 11
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the Fighting in Various War Zones – 12-13

[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1943/aug1943/f03aug43.htm

Germans announce US bomber losses
Tuesday, August 3, 1943 www.onwar.com

From Germany... News of the heavy American bomber losses in the Ploesti oil field raid is made public.

[henkster]

The Germans have blunted the main thrust of 11th Guards Army in the Orel salient, but the Soviets have been slogging relentlessly toward Orel in heavy fighting. Map from David Glantz and Jonathan House "The Battle of Kursk."

[henkster]

Map from David Glantz and Jonathan House, "The Battle of Kursk."