[Homer_J_Simpson]

City Now Isolated (Matthews) – 2
Allies Land in Italy and on Crete, Says Radio Believed to Be German – 3
War News Summarized – 3
Germans Slow Up Russians’ Advance – 4-5
‘Long Tom’ Paging Hitler and Company (photo) – 4
U.S. Bombers Raid Nazi Airfield in Renewed Blows Over France (by Maj. John C. Egan, first-time contributor) – 5
Japan Faces Blows (Crider) – 6
Japan On the Run, Says Gen. Dewitt – 6-7
Japanese Plane in Unscheduled Take-Off on Munda (photo) – 7
Allies Seize Ridge Near to Salamaua – 8
Encircling Japan (Baldwin) – 9
French Patriots Exact High Toll – 9
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on Fighting in Various Zones – 10-11

[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1943/aug1943/f23aug43.htm

Red Army takes back Kharkov
Monday, August 23, 1943 www.onwar.com

The ruined streets of Kharkov [photo at link]

On the Eastern Front... The Red Army occupies Kharkov. Farther south, Soviet forces advance beyond Voroshilovgrad.

In New Guinea... American destroyers bombard Finschafen in support of air operations against Wewak.

[henkster]

Last day for this map. From David Glantz and Jonathan House "The Battle of Kursk."

[henkster]

From David Glantz and Jonathan House "The Battle of Kursk."

[henkster]

Not widely known, this map from Glantz and House "The Battle of Kursk" shows the cascading plans of the Soviet summer and fall offensives. Not all of them came off a planned. The Central fronts were less successful than the Soviet forces in Ukraine.