[Homer_J_Simpson]

2 Bases Attacked (Horne) – 2-3
31 of Our 23 Battleships ‘Victims’ of Japanese Propaganda Claims – 3-4
Andamans Bombed by American Unit – 4
Record Blow Hits Cape Gloucester (Kluckhohn) – 4
War News Summarized – 4
On Tarawa: Services for the Dead and Speedy Aid for the Wounded (photos) – 5-6
‘Rice Bowl’ town is Won by Chinese – 7
Allies at Gate to Rome Valley; 8th Army Beats Off All Blows (Bracker) – 8
Red Army Severs 3d Znamenka Line – 9
The Text of the Day’s Communiques on Fighting in Various Zones – 10-11

[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1943/dec1943/f09dec43.htm

Germans counterattack Americans
Thursday, December 9, 1943 www.onwar.com

In Italy... German forces counterattack near Monte Sammucro but the forces of the US 5th Army hold. The Monte Camino perimeter is consolidated.

In the Solomon Islands... On Bougainville, a recently constructed American airfield becomes operational at Cape Torokina.

On the Eastern Front... Soviet forces capture Mederovo, near Znamenka.

[henkster]

Unless I’m mistaken, it looks like our Navy is going on a rampage right in the middle of the Japanese bastions of the Central Pacific, and the IJN can’t do a damn thing about it. That de Seversky guy just wrote an article a few weeks ago that said this can’t happen.