7 April 1943

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War at Sea

German submarine U-644 sunk with all hands off Narvik

Pacific

First strike of Operation 'I', a massive Japanese air attack on American shipping on Guadalcanal.

North Africa

British 8th Army links up with the US II Corps, closing the cordon around the Germans in North Africa

9th Corps attacks at Fondouk Pass

Diplomacy

Hitler and Mussolini meet at Hitler's headquarters

Bolivia declares war on the Axis powers


How to cite this article: Rickard, J (28 December 2007), 7 April 1943, http://www.historyofwar.org/secondworldwar/date/1943_04_07.html

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