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2 August 1943
What happened on this day in the Second World War, from 1939 to 1945, with a source for every entry.
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Each day we list events from the Second World War that happened on that date, from 1939 to 1945. Every entry names its source and links to it, so you can read further. Entries are sourced and machine-screened before they go up, a subset is human-reviewed, and we add more over time.
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Italy
Allied warning to Italian people of imminent invasion of Italy is broadcast from Algiers.
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Sicily
15th Army Group: In U.S. Seventh Army area, mines and demolitions are slowing advance of II Corps’ 3d Div along coastal road. 1st Div continues efforts to envelop and reduce Troina, which enemy is defending tenaciously.
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John F. Kennedy's PT-109 is rammed in two and sunk off the Solomon Islands.
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Allied invasion of Sicily
The capture of Centuripe proved critical, in that the growing threat to Adrano made the position covering Catania untenable, British 78th Division, await orders to move into Centuripe, Sicily, 2 August 1943.
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Mediterranean Theater
THOR mission records show at least 76 Allied sorties (17 recorded unit missions) in the Mediterranean Theater on 1943-08-02, flown by USAAF 12th Air Force, RAF. Targets included ITALY, GREECE.
Source US Air Force THOR (opens external site)
THOR is a secondary compilation with known gaps, not a complete record.
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Pacific Theater
THOR mission records show at least 140 Allied sorties (22 recorded unit missions) in the Pacific Theater on 1943-08-02, flown by USAAF 5th Air Force, USAAF 11th Air Force, USAAF 13th Air Force, USAAF 7th Air Force.
Source US Air Force THOR (opens external site)
THOR is a secondary compilation with known gaps, not a complete record.
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