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War is Put First (Stark) – 2-3
War News Summarized – 3
Island Tip Gripped – 4-5
Marines Hit Shore Cheering in Cape Gloucester Attack (Kluckhohn) – 5
Bangkok Bombed by Allied Fliers – 6
A Fighting Dog in the Bougainville Jungle (photo) – 6
Russians Drive On (Parker) – 7-8
Tito’s Partisans Raid Zagreb Area – 8-9
They No Longer will Fight for Nazis in Yugoslavia (photo) – 8
Rail Line Marks Tito’s Economy (Sulzberger) – 9
Eisenhower Sure of Victory in 1944 (Bracker) – 9-10
Tedder Named Eisenhower Aide; Briton Called Top Air Tactician (Graham) – 10-11
New Helldivers Acclaimed by Navy – 11
The Helldiver: Navy’s Newest Aerial Weapon (photo) – 12
Latest War Casualties – 12-13
Christmas 1943: Carols and Prayer on the Italian Front (photos) – 13-14
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the Fighting in Various War Zones – 15-16

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http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1943/dec1943/f28dec43.htm

Royal Navy cruisers battle German escorts
Tuesday, December 28, 1943 www.onwar.com

In the Atlantic... The 11 German destroyers and torpedo boats intended to escort the blockade runner Alsterufer (sunk the previous day) encounter two British cruisers, Enterprise and Glasgow. Three German ships are sunk and the rest break off the engagement.

On the Eastern Front... The 1st Ukrainian Front, attacking west of Kiev, makes good progress. Korostyshev and Kateyvka, near Zhitomir, are recaptured.

In Italy... British 8th Army forces continue operations. The Canadian 1st Division completes the capture of Ortona.

In the Bismarck Archipelago... On New Britain, the US 1st Marine Division begins advancing to attack the Japanese airfield at Cape Gloucester.