[Homer_J_Simpson]

‘Ruthless’ Plan Set (Crider) – 2
South Italy Raked (Bracker) – 3-4
Russians Move on Kharkov in Attack from Three Sides (Werth) – 4
Softening of Reich Called Above 50% (Daniell) – 5
War News Summarized – 5
Kennedy’s Son is Hero in Pacific as Destroyer Splits His PT Boat – 6
Ridge is Captured Near Salamaua – 7
Chungking’s Mood Kindles New Hope (Atkinson) – 7-8
British Group Here for Pacific Drive – 8
121 More Missing in Four War Areas – 9
New Yorker Decorated in South Pacific (photo) – 9
Mrs. Churchill Pays the Penalty of the Celebrity (photo) – 10
Allied Air Blitz Studied (Baldwin) – 11
Quebec Parley is Depicted as News Sahara; Bracken Refers to Its Leaders as ‘Oysters’ (by P.J. Philip) – 11
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on Fighting in Various Zones – 12-13

[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1943/aug1943/f20aug43.htm

Red Army advancing west of Kharkov
Friday, August 20, 1943 www.onwar.com

Soviet infantry advances under machine gun cover [photo at link]

On the Eastern Front... Soviet forces capture Libedin, west of Kharkov.

In New Guinea... Allied forces engage in heavy fighting over Babdubi Ridge, southwest of Salamaua.