Accord in Moscow (Lawrence) – 2-3
War News Summarized – 3
Germans Caught in Crimea; Red Army Near Black Sea – 4-5
2 Armies in Italy Gain Despite Mud (Bracker) – 5
Our Flying Fortresses Go into Action against Hitler’s Fortress Europe (photos) – 6-7
Reich Peace Plea in the Winter Seen (Middleton) – 7-8
Big Jump in Pacific (Kluckhohn) – 8-9
City Glows Again as Dimout Ends, but Far Less Brightly Than of Old – 9
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the War – 10-11
http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1943/nov1943/f02nov43.htm
American progress in the Solomons
Tuesday, November 2, 1943 www.onwar.com
US Marines attacking on Choiseul [photo at link]
In the Solomon Islands... US Task Force 39 detects the approach of the Japanese cruiser squadron led by Admiral Omori (steaming from Rabaul in New Britain Island to Bougainville), shortly after midnight. In the engagement that follows the Japanese lose 1 cruiser and 1 destroyer and most of the other ships are damaged. The Americans suffer damage to 2 cruisers and 2 destroyers. However, the Japanese force abandons its mission. On Bougainville, the US 3rd Marine Division expands its beachhead. During the day, Japanese aircraft attack the ships of US Task Force 39 without success. Aircraft from US Task Force 38 raid Buna and Buka. Meanwhile, the US 2nd Marine Parachute Battalion on Choiseul continues to engage Japanese forces. This is a diversion from the attack on Bougainville.
In the Bismarck Archipelago... The Japanese base at Rabaul on New Britain is raided by about 160 land-based aircraft of the US 5th Air Force. About 20 planes on each side. Three ships are sunk in the harbor.
From Washington... General Spaatz assumes command of all American air forces in the Mediterranean.
In Italy... The British 8th Army launches a full-scale attack from its bridgehead over the Trigno River. Naval bombardments assist the advance on the eastern coast. On the west coast, the US 5th Army continues its slow advance. Elements of the British 10th Corps reach Garigliano.
On the Eastern Front... Soviet forces capture Kakhovka on the lower Dniepr and hold German counterattacks around Krivoy Rog.