[Homer_J_Simpson]

Red Army Races On – 2-3
Eighth Army Takes Six Towns in Italy (Bracker) – 3-4
Yugoslav Factions Attacked by Nazis (Sulzberger) – 4
War News Summarized – 4
Treasury Islands Occupied after Warships Blast Them – 5-6
War and Air Power (de Seversky) – 7
Fort Sill Trains Mighty Artillery (Baldwin) – 8
Churchill Finds Oblong Commons Greatly Favors the Party System (Anderson) – 8
Texts of Day’s War Communiques – 9-10
Making the Secretary Feel at Home (with photo) – 10

[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1943/oct1943/f29oct43.htm

German defense hold Red Army
Friday, October 29, 1943 www.onwar.com

On the Eastern Front... Soviet forces pressure German forces between Orsha and Vitebsk. The brunt of the offensive falls on the German 4th Army commanded by General Heinrici, the foremost defensive tactician in the German Army. Soviet forces fail to break through the German defenses.

In Italy... Troops of the British 13th Corps (part of 8th Army) capture Cantalupo.

In the Solomon Islands... The US 2nd Marine Parachute Battalion on Choiseul continue to engage Japanese forces. This is a diversion from the intended attack on Bougainville.

[henkster]

Nice article on the US Army Artillery School at Ft. Sill. As I’ve posted before, the Germans absolutely feared American artillery. It was easily the most effective part of our ground forces.