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QUEBEC CONFEREES HOPE FOR SOVIET TALKS; 700-PLANE RAID OPENS BATTLE OF BERLIN (8/25/43)
Microfilm-New York Times archives, Monterey Public Library | 8/25/43 | John C. Crider, Henry J. Taylor, W.H. Lawrence, Raymond Daniell, Hanson W. Baldwin

Posted on 08/25/2013 5:34:33 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson

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TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: milhist; realtime; worldwarii
Free Republic University, Department of History presents World War II Plus 70 Years: Seminar and Discussion Forum
First session: September 1, 2009. Last date to add: September 2, 2015.
Reading assignment: New York Times articles delivered daily to students on the 70th anniversary of original publication date. (Previously posted articles can be found by searching on keyword “realtime” Or view Homer’s posting history .)
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1 posted on 08/25/2013 5:34:33 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson
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Selections from West Point Atlas for the Second World War
Soviet Summer and Fall Offensives: Operations, 17 July-1 December 1943
South Pacific Area Operations: Capture of New Georgia, 21 June-27 August 1943
New Guinea Force Operations: Capture of Salamaua and Lae, 29 June-16 September 1943
The Far East and the Pacific, 1941: Status of Forces and Allied Theater Boundaries, 2 July 1942
India-Burma, 1942: Allied Lines of Communication, 1942-1943
Cartwheel, the Seizure of the Gilberts and Marshalls, and Concurrent Air and Naval Operations, 30 June 1943-26 April 1944
2 posted on 08/25/2013 5:35:14 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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The first of these excerpts is continued from yesterday, the second from August 4 and the third from August 19.

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Winston S. Churchill, Closing the Ring

3 posted on 08/25/2013 5:36:02 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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To: r9etb; PzLdr; dfwgator; Paisan; From many - one.; rockinqsranch; 2banana; henkster; meandog; ...
Conference Ends (Crider) – 2-3
Joint Quebec Statement – 2
War News Summarized – 3
M’Arthur Absent Again at a Parley (Taylor) – 4
Germany Still First Target for Allies, London Believes (Lawrence) – 4
Nazi Center Fired (Daniell) – 5-6
Russians Rout Foe in Ukraine Sweep – 6
Part of the Bomb Load that Leveled Hamburg (photo) – 7
Himmler to Curb Unrest in Reich – 8
Copenhagen Ruled by German Troops – 9
Our Troops Scoff at Japanese Myth – 10
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on Fighting in Various Zones – 11-13
The War in the Air-II (Baldwin) – 13
4 posted on 08/25/2013 5:39:38 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1943/aug1943/f25aug43.htm

German glider bombs used for first time
Wednesday, August 25, 1943 www.onwar.com

In the Atlantic... The German Hs293 glider bombs are used for the first time in an unsuccessful attack on an Allied escort vessel in the Bay of Biscay.

In the Solomon Islands... The last Japanese resistance on New Georgia is eliminated, around Bairoko. Many Japanese troops have been evacuated to Arundel or Kolombangara.

On the Eastern Front... Soviet forces take Zenkov and Akhtyrka to the west and northwest of Kharkov, respectively.


5 posted on 08/25/2013 5:40:15 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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http://www.etherit.co.uk/frame.htm

August 25th, 1943 (WEDNESDAY)

UNITED KINGDOM: The US Eighth Air Force is assigned to the role of bombing important Luftwaffe targets in Operation STARKEY, designed to contain enemy forces in the west to prevent their transfer to the Eastern Front, and to serve as a dress rehearsal in the Pas de Calais, France area for the invasion of western Europe. The Allies hope to provoke the Luftwaffe into a prolonged air battle.

The VIII Air Support Command flies Missions 34A and 34B against two targets in France.
(1) 21 B-26B Marauders bomb the power station at Rouen at 1832 hours and
(2) 31 B-26s attack Tricqueville Airfield at 1834 hours; they claim 1-8-5 Luftwaffe aircraft.

London: Lord Louis Mountbatten appointed supreme Allied Commander, Southeast Asia.

Corvette HMCS Kincardine (ex HMS Tamworth Castle) laid down South Bank, Stockton-on-Tees.

Minesweeper HMS Clinton commissioned.
Escort carrier HMS Khedive commissioned.
Destroyer escorts HMS Fessenden and Fiske commissioned.
Frigates HMS Rupert and Stockham laid down.

GERMANY: The Arado 234 V3 jet bomber makes its first flight. This aircraft has a pressurized cabin, an ejector seat and RATOG (Rocket Assisted Take-Off Gear). (21)

U-292, U-1061 and U-1161 commissioned.

U.S.S.R.: The Soviets capture Akhtyrka and Zenkov near Kharkov.

U-625 sank Soviet Shkval.

ITALY: During the day, 135 Northwest African Strategic Air Force B-17 Flying Fortresses, escorted by 140 P-38 Lightnings, bomb airfields at Foggia with the loss of two bombers. During the night of 25/26 August, RAF Liberators of No. 205 (Heavy Bomber) Group attack two targets: 75 bomb the marshalling yard at Taranto with the loss of one aircraft while two bomb a target of opportunity at Scalea. Meanwhile, four RAF Liberators drop leaflets over Naples.

Destroyer HMCS Athabaskan damaged by HS93 radio guided bomb. 4 killed and 36 injured.

CHINA: 8 B-25s, with fighter escort, bomb Kowloon Docks at Hong Kong.

SOLOMON ISLANDS: Allied offensive operations on New Georgia and its surrounding islands end after the move by Japanese forces to evacuate from Kolombangara and Vella Lavella. The decision follows recent Japanese air and surface defeats in the region, crippling Japan’s ability to protect supplies to its garrisons.

Most significant has been the loss of Munda airstrip and, five days ago, the destruction of 170 Japanese planes as they stood wing-to-wing on the tarmac at Wewak, in New Guinea. Japanese losses in the New Georgia campaign are estimated at 2,500 dead and 17 warships, compared with Allied losses of 1,000 men and six ships.

13 US Thirteenth Air Force B-25 Mitchells, along with 40+ USMC SBDs and an escort of fighter aircraft, pound barge centers at Webster and Ringa Coves on New Georgia Island. 6 B-24s, along with 24 USMC fighters, hit Kahili Airfield on Bougainville Island. Other P-40s strafe large motor vessels and a barge in the northwestern part of the Slot.

CANADA: Quebec: Lord Louis Mountbatten, the 43-year-old head of Combined Operations, has been appointed supreme Allied commander in South-east Asia, it was revealed here today. He will be responsible for operations based on India and Ceylon. The appointment suggests that commando operations will play a major part as Britain strikes back at Japan from its form bases on the subcontinent and Ceylon, both of which have been under separate commands until now.

Frigate HMCS Kokanee laid down Esquimalt, British Columbia. Frigate HMCS Saint John launched Montreal Province of Quebec.

U.S.A.: The US Navy Amphibious Corps, Pacific Fleet is renamed to V Amphibious Corps. (Gordon Rottman)

The USAAF 477th Bombardment Group (Medium) is inactivated.
ATLANTIC OCEAN:

German submarine U-523 is sunk west of Vigo, in position 42.03N, 18.02W, by depth charges from the RN destroyer HMS Wanderer and the corvette HMS Wallflower. 37 of the 54-man crew of the U-boat survive.

U-340 rescued 5 Luftwaffe airmen off Spain. Shortly afterwards the boat was attacked by an aircraft and a few men were wounded, the boat being damaged.

German HS 293 glider bombs are used unsuccessfully against an anti-submarine vessel hunting U-Boats in the Bay of Biscay. This is the first operational use of this weapon.


6 posted on 08/25/2013 5:41:10 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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August 25, 1943:


"Originally established by the Dutch in 1939 as a detention center for illegal Jewish immigrants, Westerbork under the Nazis became the transit hub in the deportation of Dutch Jews.
While the majority spent only a few days at the camp, a minority became permanent residents, receiving work cards like the one pictured here.
Most of the employed prisoners worked in the camp hospital and dispensary."



7 posted on 08/25/2013 7:13:47 AM PDT by BroJoeK (a little historical perspective....)
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headline: "M’Arthur Absent Again at a Parley (Taylor) – 4"

Interesting complaint about Mac Arthur not attending FDR-Churchill powwow.
Its tone suggests that Mac might have overshadowed those mere politicians.

I wonder how young Senator Truman feels about it... ;-)

8 posted on 08/25/2013 7:35:55 AM PDT by BroJoeK (a little historical perspective....)
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Interesting complaint about Mac Arthur not attending FDR-Churchill powwow. Its tone suggests that Mac might have overshadowed those mere politicians.

Something tells me MacArthur's presence would have created discomfort among many of the stateside attendees whose actions should have resulted in the general's death, or capture.

9 posted on 08/25/2013 8:08:37 AM PDT by fso301
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Page 10, “18,000 Die in Hamburg Tunnel”

I can’t find any online verification. Rumor?


10 posted on 08/25/2013 1:47:24 PM PDT by Rebelbase (Tagline: (optional, printed after your name on post))
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I can’t find any online verification. Rumor?

Must be. I found a history of the tunnel in question and there is nothing about its collapsing during a bombing raid.

11 posted on 08/25/2013 2:17:51 PM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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