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10 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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New Georgia

1st Bn of 27th Inf, 25th Div, is attached to Liversedge Force to assist in clearing region between Bairoko Harbor and Enogai Inlet.

Source US Army CMH chronology (opens external site)
Sicily

15th Army Group: In U.S. Seventh Army area, II Corps continues to pursue enemy eastward. In coastal sector, enemy retires to heights W of Naso and is followed by 3d Div.

Source US Army CMH chronology (opens external site)
Excerpt from the London Gazette, Issue 36128, page 3598, published 1943-08-10: "sioners of the Admiralty are to give the necessarydirections herein accordingly.E. C. E. Leadbitter.

Source The London Gazette (opens external site)
China-Burma-India Theater

THOR mission records show at least 16 Allied sorties (2 recorded unit missions) in the China-Burma-India Theater on 1943-08-10, flown by USAAF 10th Air Force. Targets included BURMA.

Source US Air Force THOR (opens external site)

THOR is a secondary compilation with known gaps, not a complete record.
Mediterranean Theater

THOR mission records show at least 0 Allied sorties (14 recorded unit missions) in the Mediterranean Theater on 1943-08-10, flown by USAAF 12th Air Force. Targets included ITALY.

Source US Air Force THOR (opens external site)

THOR is a secondary compilation with known gaps, not a complete record.
Pacific Theater

THOR mission records show at least 128 Allied sorties (27 recorded unit missions) in the Pacific Theater on 1943-08-10, flown by USAAF 11th Air Force, USAAF 5th 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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Entries

1st Bn of 27th Inf, 25th Div, is attached to Liversedge Force to assist in clearing region between Bairoko Harbor and Enogai Inlet.

15th Army Group: In U.S. Seventh Army area, II Corps continues to pursue enemy eastward. In coastal sector, enemy retires to heights W of Naso and is followed by 3d Div.

Excerpt from the London Gazette, Issue 36128, page 3598, published 1943-08-10: "sioners of the Admiralty are to give the necessarydirections herein accordingly.E. C. E. Leadbitter.

THOR mission records show at least 16 Allied sorties (2 recorded unit missions) in the China-Burma-India Theater on 1943-08-10, flown by USAAF 10th Air Force. Targets included BURMA.

THOR mission records show at least 0 Allied sorties (14 recorded unit missions) in the Mediterranean Theater on 1943-08-10, flown by USAAF 12th Air Force. Targets included ITALY.

THOR mission records show at least 128 Allied sorties (27 recorded unit missions) in the Pacific Theater on 1943-08-10, flown by USAAF 11th Air Force, USAAF 5th Air Force, USAAF 7th Air Force.

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