The News of the Week in Review
Ten Focal Points in the War as Allied Leaders Meet (map) – 10
Days of Decision – 11-12
On the Fronts – 12-14
Quotations – 14
Twenty News Questions – 15
Slow Death of Luftwaffe Points to Defeat (Middleton) – 16-17
Answers to Twenty News Questions – 17
From Three Major Fronts the Allies Pound the Axis (map) – 18
Ring of Guns and Ships Tightens About Europe (by Hanson W. Baldwin) – 19
Nazis Try to Use Italy (Brigham) – 20
Allies Find Lessons in Sicily (Bracker) – 21
http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1943/aug1943/f15aug43.htm
Red Army victorious in heavy fighting
Sunday, August 15, 1943 www.onwar.com
Red Army soldiers celebrate their recent victories [photo at link]
On the Eastern Front... Karachev falls to elements of the Bryansk Front (Popov) after heavy fighting.
In Sicily... British forces enter Taormina. Further American amphibious operations on the north coast land after the Axis defenders have pulled back.
In New Guinea... Japanese aircraft attack the Allied air base at Tsili Tsili.
In the Aleutian Islands... An invasion of Kiska Island commences. Three American battleships provide support for the landing of 34,000 US and Canadian troops. The Japanese evacuated the island by the end of July but the Americans failed to take note of it.
In the Solomon Islands... Elements of the US 25th Division (General McLure) occupy Vella Lavella. About 4500 troops land. Admiral Wilkinson, commanding Task Force 31, provides naval support.