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‘Full Retreat’ is On (Bracker) – 2-3
Americans Battle the Mud in Italy (Matthews) – 3
War News Summarized – 3
Russians Menace Nazi Rail Centers – 4
‘Baby’ Carrier Sunk in Makin Invasion – 5
Australians Hail Results at Cairo (Kluckhohn) – 5
Tarawa Atoll: Where Marines’ ‘Willingness to Die’ Drove the Japanese from Their Stronghold in the Gilberts (photos) – 6-8
Hard Fighting Brings High Honor (photo) – 8
Air Power and the War (de Seversky) – 11
Reefs Menace Troops (Baldwin) – 11
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the Fighting in Various War Zones – 12-13
Allies Not Agreed on Stabilization (by John MacCormac) – 13
Argentina Widens ‘Communist’ Hunt (by Arnaldo Cortesi) – 13

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http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1943/dec1943/f03dec43.htm

Germans forced to retreat around Gomel
Friday, December 3, 1943 www.onwar.com

On the Eastern Front... Soviet forces capture Dovsk to the north of Gomel and make other gains around Rogachev. To the south, Soviet forces advance west of Cherkassy.

In Italy... Elements of US 5th Army reach the summit of Monte Camino and capture Monte Maggiore. The British 8th Army takes San Vito. However, around Orsogna, a counterattack by the German 26th Panzer Division forces the New Zealand 2nd Division to retreat.