15 August 1943

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War in the Air

Eighth Air Force Heavy Bomber Mission No. 82: 327 aircraft sent to attack Luftwaffe airfields at Vlissingen (Flushing), Poix, Amiens, Vitry, Merville and Lille/ Vendeville. Two aircraft lost.

Italy

Marshal Badoglio, the new Italian leader, sends a peace emissary to Madrid

Pacific

American and Canadian troops land at Kiska (Aleutian Islands), to find the Japanese have gone

Japanese bombers raid Tsili Tsili (New Guinea) for the first time

US troops land on Vella Lavella, at the western end of the New Georgia Islands


How to cite this article: Rickard, J (28 December 2007), 15 August 1943, http://www.historyofwar.org/secondworldwar/date/1943_08_15.html

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