27 October 1943

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Pacific

New Zealand troops occupy Stirling and Mono in the Treasury Islands (Operation Goodtime).

Night of 27-28 October US Marines land on Choiseul as part of Operation Blissful, a diversionary attack carried out to support the Bougainville landings.

United States

Coal miners go on strike

Diplomacy

German stops Swedish shipping from using the Skagerrak, preventing Swedish ships from leaving the Baltic


How to cite this article: Rickard, J (28 December 2007), 27 October 1943, http://www.historyofwar.org/secondworldwar/date/1943_10_27.html

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