Big Retreat Looms (Parker) – 2-3
War News Summarized – 3
Atessa is Captured (Bracker) – 4
Allies Deal Record Air Blow to New Guinea Madang Area – 5
Japanese Plane Transport Sunk as Our Submarines Bag 7 Ships – 5
4 More Libraries Taken by Germans – 5
Bougainville: U.S. Marines Open Drive to Force Japanese from Last of the Solomons (photos) – 6-7
Enemy Installations Afire on Bougainville (page 1 photo) – 8
Air Power and the War (de Seversky) – 9
Big Chinese Force is Created in India (Durdin) – 9
Offensive in Pacific (Baldwin) – 10
Fast RAF Bombers Stab Berlin Again – 10
The Text of the Day’s Communiques on Fighting in Various Zones – 11-12
Quezon Proclaims Early Reconquest – 12
Soviet-Polish Line is Studied Here – 12
Young Aide Leads Philharmonic, Steps In when Bruno Walter is Ill – 13
A Warm Reception for 25-Year Old Conductor (photo) – 13
Bernstein Shows Mastery of Score (by Olin Downes) – 14
Best Sellers of the Week, Here and Elsewhere * – 15
* Quarterly feature to follow evolution of American reading habits. “So Little Time” and “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn” are 1-2 in Fiction. “Under Cover,” by John Roy Carlson, leads the General category. Here are the earlier lists. They are near the end of the post in each case.
8/16/43 Thread
5/17/43 Thread
2/15/43 Thread
11/16/42 Thread
8/17/42 Thread
5/18/42 Thread
2/16/42 Thread
11/17/41 Thread
8/18/41 Thread
5/19/41 Thread
2/17/41 Thread
11/18/40 Thread
8/19/40 Thread
5/13/40 Thread
2/19/40 Thread
10/23/39 Thread
http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1943/nov1943/f15nov43.htm
Attack on Reinhard Line called off
Monday, November 15, 1943 www.onwar.com
Rugged terrain in Italy [photo at link]
In Italy... British General Alexander calls off the US 5th Army assault on the German-held Reinhard Line. Casualties have been heavy. A determined German defense combined with rugged terrain and poor weather contribute to the decision to end the attack. To the east, elements of the British 8th Army achieve tenuous crossings over the Sangro River.
Lord Vasittart was prescient.