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16 October 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 of 10 sourced entries for this date, chosen by the editor.
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Entries
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New Guinea
Aus 9th Div, forewarned by a captured document of imminent attack, repels the first of a series of sharp counterattacks from Sattelberg.
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POA
3d Mar Div, having framed at Guadalcanal for operations against Bougainville, conducts rehearsals in New Hebrides, concluding them on 20th.
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China-Burma-India Theater
THOR mission records show at least 19 Allied sorties (2 recorded unit missions) in the China-Burma-India Theater on 1943-10-16, 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.
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East Africa Theater
THOR mission records show at least 12 Allied sorties (2 recorded unit missions) in the East Africa Theater on 1943-10-16, flown by RAF. Targets included an unrecorded target country.
Source US Air Force THOR (opens external site)
THOR is a secondary compilation with known gaps, not a complete record.
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Mediterranean Theater
THOR mission records show at least 49 Allied sorties (32 recorded unit missions) in the Mediterranean Theater on 1943-10-16, 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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