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Air Base Battered (Trumbull) – 2-3
New Guinea Drive Gains Seven Miles – 3
They Conferred on Naval Strategy against Japan (photo) – 3
U.S. Air Strength in China Grows bu a Gigantic Force is Needed (Atkinson) – 4
War News Summarized – 4
Allies Advance across Italy against Fierce Resistance (Bracker) – 5
German Pillaging of Rome Reported (Anderson) – 6
Allies Say Battle for Kos Goes On (Sulzberger) – 6-7
Fighting in Russia Dies Down in Rain – 7
Russia-II (by Hanson W. Baldwin) – 8
The Text of the Day’s Communiques on Fighting in Various Zones – 9-10

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http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1943/oct1943/f07oct43.htm

Red Army builds up its Dniepr bridgeheads
Thursday, October 7, 1943 www.onwar.com

Soviet reinforcements crossing the Dniepr River [photo at link]

On the Eastern Front... Soviet forces launch a new offensive in the north, capturing Nevel. Along the Dniepr River, there is a lull in the fighting. Red Army forces are resupplying and reinforcing the bridgeheads gained in recent fighting. In the Caucasus, Soviet forces take Taman on the western end of the Kuban Peninsula.

In the Mediterranean... In the Aegean Sea, a British squadron of 2 cruisers and 2 destroyers intercept a German convoy bound for the island of Cos. Seven transports and one convoy escort are sunk.

In Italy... The German 16th Panzer Division breaks contact with the British 78th Division around Termoli and pulls back behind the Trigno River. British forces choose not to pursue.