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17 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 Guinea
Fifth Air Force begins series of heavy air attacks on Wewak and satellite fields at But, Dagua, and Boram in order to neutralize them in preparation for offensive against Lae.
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Sicily
15th Army Group: Sicily Campaign ends with official entry of RCT 7, 3d Div, into Messina at 1000. Americans are joined there a little later by Br force from All.
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All of Sicily now controlled by the Allies.
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Heavy loss of Allied bombers in the Schweinfurt-Regensburg mission.
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Operation Crossbow begins with Operation Hydra when the RAF bombs the Peenemünde V-2 rocket facility.
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The U.S. Eighth Air Force suffers the loss of 60 bombers on the Schweinfurt-Regensburg mission.
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The U.S. Seventh Army under General George S. Patton arrives in Messina, Italy, followed several hours later by the British 8th Army under Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, thus completing the Allied conquest of Sicily.
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