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17 September 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.
6 sourced entries for this date.
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Entries
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USSR
Red Army troops occupy Bryansk.
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Italy
15th Army Group: In U.S. Fifth Army’s VI Corps area, 504th Inf of 82d A/B Div continues attack toward Altavilla but is pinned down by enemy fire before reaching objective.
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Salerno
Allied invasion of Italy.
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Mediterranean Theater
THOR mission records show at least 114 Allied sorties (62 recorded unit missions) in the Mediterranean Theater on 1943-09-17, 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.
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Pacific Theater
THOR mission records show at least 23 Allied sorties (5 recorded unit missions) in the Pacific Theater on 1943-09-17, flown by USAAF 7th Air Force, USAAF 5th 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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17 September in other years 19391940194119421944
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