April 26, 1943

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April 26, 1943

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Post by Globalization41 » 19 Jul 2014, 19:51

4/26/1943, Montgomery Launches Offensive in Tunisia, Germans Defend Kuban with Successive Counterattacks

4/26/1943, Burma Campaign, Japs Bayonet POWs Who Can't Work, Few Jap POWs Taken, Japs Exaggerate Successes

4/26/1943, Germans Weakening Under Strain of Counterattacks from Kuban Pocket, 70 Germans Killed in Ambush Near Kalinin

Map, Eastern Front, Positioning from Battle of Stalingrad through March 1943

Map, Kuban, Current

4/26/1943, Australia Observes ANZAC Day

4/26/1943, Large Allied Convoys Reach Malta & Tripoli with Vital War Supplies Under Escort of Powerful Royal Navy

Map, Malta

Map, Tripoli

4/26/1943, Strong Force of Liberators Strike Heavy Blow to Jap Base at Kendari, Five Jap Interceptors Shot Down

Map, Kendari

4/26/1943, Moscow Breaks with Polish Gov't in London Over Nazi Allegations of Soviet Mass Executions of Polish Troops, Part 1

4/26/1943, Moscow Breaks with Polish Gov't in London Over Nazi Allegations of Soviet Mass Executions of Polish Troops, Part 2

4/26/1943, Allies Press Forward in all Sectors on Tunisia Front, German Tanks Smash Against British Spearheads

WWII Map, Tunisia

Map, Tunisia, Current

4/26/1943, Spreading Strikes in Coal Fields of Western Pennsylvania Threaten War Production, Part 1

4/26/1943, Spreading Strikes in Coal Fields of Western Pennsylvania Threaten War Production, Part 2

4/26/1943; Church of Christ Conference in Victoria Believes Loose Living, Immorality, & Alcohol Inefficient in Remedying Evil

4/26/1943, Slackers in Agriculture Called up to Army or Allied Works

4/26/1943, Male Industrial Workers in Australia Decrease (1,396,000-1,285,000) from Nov. 1941; Female Workers Increase

4/26/1943, Greater Use of POWs in Australia to Be Made in Primary Industries

4/26/1943, Australian Soldiers Give Warm Welcome to Party of New Guinea Natives at Australian Port

4/26/1943, German Radios Charge Increase in Terrorism Due to American Command in England Exercising Chicago-Like Morals

4/26/1943, Pacific War, U.S. Occupies Funafuti, Allies Complete Semi-Circular Island Chain of Compression Against Japan

Map, Funafuti

4/26/1943, Progress in Tunisia, Axis Afrika Corps in Similar Position as von Paulus in Stalingrad, Stiff Campaign Lies Ahead

4/26/1943, Chicago Tribune Editorial Advocates Merging of U.S.A. & U.K. to Achieve Closer International Cooperation

4/26/1943, Supplying the British 8th Army in Tunisia, 120,000 Lories, 2,000 Tires Daily, 5,000,000 Gallons of Petrol Weekly, Etc.

4/26/1943, Allied Offensive in Tunisia Making Steady Progress, Germans Strongly Contest Every Inch of Ground

4/26/1943, Japs in New Guinea, Advance Bases Harassed, Australian Wipes Out Japanese Outpost Near Komiatum

The Fight for Komiatum Ridge

Map; Salamaua, Papua, New Guinea

4/26/1943, R.A.F. Targets Railway Workshops & Industry in Western Germany, Neutral Reports Say Fires Burning in Stettin

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Post by Globalization41 » 22 Jul 2014, 06:15

4/26/1943, Allies Launch General Offensive in Tunisia, Bloody Fighting Near Medjez El Bab, Advancing Allies Suffer Heavy Losses

4/26/1943, Mr. Jinnah's Speech at Muslim League Claims Hindu Leader Gandhi Alienates Mussulmen, Causing Demand for Partition

4/26/1943; The Intrepid, Third Giant Aircraft Carrier Built at Newport News, Christened; Riveting Nearby Drowns Out Speeches

USS Intrepid

Newport News Shipbuilding

4/26/1943, Unconfirmed Reports Spread Through Stockholm That U.S. Has Notified Finland of Intention to Break Relations

4/26/1943, U.S. & British Representatives at Bermuda Conference on War Refugees Tentatively Decide on Relocation to Africa

4/26/1943, Powerful Japanese Offensive in-Progress Against Chinese Concentrations in Chungtiao Mts., Japs Occupy Linchwan

Map; Linchuan, China

4/26/1943, Lodi War-Price & Rationing Board Suspends Gas Allotments for Four Lodi District Residents Due to Exceeding 35mph

4/26/1943, Committee Appointed by House GOP to Examine Postwar Issues to Advocate or Oppose in the Interest of the People

4/26/1943; All-India Muslim League Open-Session Recommences, League Wants Muslims Associated with Production & Distribution

4/26/1943, Tunisia: Radio Algiers Reports Gobellat Occupied Despite Fierce Axis Opposition; Allied Warplanes Fly 1,500 Sorties

4/26/1943, Execution of U.S. Airmen Is No Big Deal for Japs Observes Correspondent Who Traveled with Jap Army in China

4/26/1943, Lt. Gen. Lesley J. McNair Wounded in Tunisia, Suffers Sever Shoulder Wound, Shrapnel Penetrates Helmt, McNair Ok

4/26/1943, Allies Shoot Down 31 Messerschmitt 323s & 11 Escorts Over Gulf of Tunis

Messerschmitt Me-323 "Gigant" Transport

Photo, Messerschmitt Me-323 Offloading Truck

Photo, Messerschmitt Me-323 Parked

4/26/1943, Colorful Easter Ceremony in Jerusalem Church, Uniforms of Fighting Men Mingle with Religious Robes & Native Dress

4/26/1943, Roving Reporter, By Ernie Pyle, Good Weather in Tunisia After Winter of Rain & Wind, Hot Weather Begins in June

4/26/1943, U.S. Attack-Bombers Hammer German Positions in Tunisia From Dawn To Dusk, Crew Briefings Begin at 04:45, Part 1

4/26/1943, U.S. Attack-Bombers Hammer German Positions in Tunisia From Dawn To Dusk, Crew Briefings Begin at 04:45, Part 2

Photo, Douglas A-20 Ground Support, Light Bomber

Douglas A-20 Havoc, Wikipedia

4/26/1943, Work-or-Fight Order Issued to Canadians

4/26/1943, Baseball Introduces Dead Ball with Many Sluggers Missing; Lively Baseball Would Have Been Better

4/26/1943, Pitchers Wild as Injuns & Tigers Split Twin Bill, Jim Bagby Scatters Eight Hits in Opener & Triples Home Two in 7th

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Post by Globalization41 » 24 Jul 2014, 18:58

4/26/1943, General MacArthur's Bombers Strike Heavy Blow at Japan's Main Aircraft Supply & Assembly Base at Kendari

4/26/1943, San Francisco Sees Overflight of 123 Flying Fortresses in Transit to Pacific Theater

4/26/1943, Selective Service Discloses 60% of Men Working in Connecticut's Booming War Factories to Be Drafted in a Few Months

4/26/1943, Wartime Conference of Accountants Hears Suggestion for Congress to Adopt Tax Code that Eliminates Confusion

4/26/1943, National Council of the Churches of Christ in America Issue Bulletin Charging Germans with Mass Murder of Jews

4/26/1943; Former Ambassador to Tokyo, Joseph C. Grew, Says Japanese Militarists Nurse "Overweening Ambition" to Invade U.S.

4/26/1943, Easter Observed from Moscow to Jerusalem; Moscow's 26 Churches Jammed, Best Crowds Since the Revolution

4/26/1943, Japan Can Expect No Mercy at War's End, Entire Fighting Front in Tunisia Now Aflame as Allies Hammer Axis Lines

4/26/1943, Brooklyn Dodgers Switched from 1943 Dead Baseballs to Leftover Supply of '42 Baseballs in Saturday's Game with Phils

4/26/1943, Balancing Guns & Butter

4/26/1943; Tomato Growers Air Labor-Shortage Woes; Propose More Mexicans, Housewives, & School Children

Note: Inner-city teenagers working in the agricultural fields during their spare time would leave less available free time to form up in creative and innovative criminal gangs. Less court workers and prison guards would be needed, who could then be utilized in more tangible wealth-creating enterprises.

4/26/1943, British Authorities Refuse to Let FDR's Personal Envoy to India See Nationalists Gandhi & Nehru

4/26/1943, U.S. Fliers Pepper Jap Base at Kiska; Crews Pit Navigation Skills Against Bad Weather in the Aleutians

Photos of Aleutians Campaign from Time-Life

Map of Aleutians

4/26/1943, Boston Red Sox at New York Yankees Boxscore

4/26/1943, Southern States Observe Confederate Memorial Day

4/26/1943, Horse Bettors Break Records, $165,730,267 Wagered Last Year in Empire State with $8,931,543 to State Treasury

4/26/1943, Patrol Skirmishes Break Lull on Eastern Front, Soviets Claim Penetration of German Trenches Near Smolensk

4/26/1943; U.S. Record Production of Cargo Ships Requires More Men, Training, & Incentives; Murmansk Run: Bonus of $5 Daily

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