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And Now It's 1943... - January 1st, 1943
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The attrition cannot continue so the Japanese decide they will evacuate Guadalcanal, conceding the Solomon Islands to the Allies. The Allies are also conceding the Caucasus, and a naval .. show full overview
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A Soviet Offensive Along the Entire Front? - January 8th, 1943
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Things look grim for the Germans, surrounded at Velikie Luki and Stalingrad and with no real help of relief. The Soviets are, in fact, making plans for attacks all along the front, as are the Americans to push the Japanese off of Guadalcanal.
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Food for Leningrad, Breaking the Siege! - January 15, 1943
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Soviet attacks are launched this week to destroy the Hungarians, all while the German desperation at Stalingrad and Velikie Luki continues, but in the far north the Soviets have broken .. show full overview
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Hitler's Interference is losing the war - January 22, 1943
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This is a rough week for the Germans- their trapped garrison at Velikie Luki is liquidated, and their trapped army at Stalingrad is... well, it isn't going well for them. In fact, it .. show full overview
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Time to Fire Rommel? - January 29, 1943
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The Allies are unable to win in Tunisia, though further east Bernard Montgomery has achieved his goal of driving the enemy out of Libya. To the west, the Casablanca Conference comes to .. show full overview
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Stalingrad: Endgame - January 31, 1943
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The Battle of Stalingrad is nearing its end. Strong contingents of the 21st and 62nd Soviet Armies broke through the German defensive lines west of Stalingrad and were now pushing deep .. show full overview
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Guadalcanal, A New Offensive - February 5, 1943
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This week sees the 10th anniversary of Hitler's ascension to power in Germany, but while there may be celebrations and speeches in Germany, the Battle of Stalingrad comes to its end with .. show full overview
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Victory at Guadalcanal - February 12, 1943
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Operation KE, the Japanese evacuation of Guadalcanal, concludes this week and the campaign has been a big loss for the Japanese. The Axis forces are also withdrawing- and the Red Army .. show full overview
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Can the Red Army Capture Hitler? - February 19, 1943
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The Red Army liberates both Rostov and Kharkov this week, but their advancing spearheads are close to an even bigger prize, Adolf Hitler himself. It is the Axis, however, who are both .. show full overview
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The Blitzkrieg is Back - February 26, 1943
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Erich von Manstein's Axis counterattack on the Eastern Front begins this week and right away smashes through the Red Army lines, threatening all the recent Soviet gains. The Allies- the .. show full overview
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Another Naval Disaster for Japan - March 5, 1943
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The Japanese again fail to reinforce New Guinea, losing many transport ships, and their forces there are ever more isolated. In Tunisia the Axis lose a bunch of new Tiger tanks, but in .. show full overview
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Rommel Leaves Africa - March 12, 1943
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Erwin Rommel loses his command and leaves Tunisia, while change in American command there puts George Patton in charge. On the ground the Axis lose the Battle of Medenine, but in the Soviet Union, Axis forces are on the move and heading for Kharkov.
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Kharkov Falls Once Again - March 19, 1943
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The British are attacking the Mareth Line in North Africa while the Americans hit the Axis flank, but the Allies are withdrawing in Burma. It's the Germans who are pulling back in the .. show full overview
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American Army Finally Does Something Right - March 26, 1943
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The British are attacking the Mareth Line in North Africa while the Americans hit the Axis flank, but the Allies are withdrawing in Burma. It's the Germans who are pulling back in the .. show full overview
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The End of Hydra? - April 1, 1943
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The phantom submarine that has been savaging both Japanese and Allied shipping in the South Pacific is tracked to Hydra Island, Baron von Strucker's base. The fighting for it is a tough .. show full overview
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Patton Has a Plan, and it's Bad - April 2, 1943
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American attacks in Tunisia meet with local disaster, but in general the Axis forces are withdrawing there. The Allies learn about the German rocketry plans this week, and both sides are making plans for action in the Pacific.
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Mussolini is Tired of War - April 9, 1943
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Adolf Hitler meets with Benito Mussolini to hopefully restore his flagging morale and convince him that the Axis can hold out in North Africa, but the situation there grows more .. show full overview
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Kursk - The Next Great Battle? - April 16, 1943
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The Allies have one chance left to catch the Axis forces in Tunisia before they can reach the Tunis defences, in the USSR both the Axis and Soviets are making plans for a fight near .. show full overview
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Ladies and Gentlemen, We Got Him - Yamamoto - April 23, 1943
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The mastermind of Pearl Harbor meets his fate this week in the Solomons, as do a great many Italian airmen and sailors in the Mediterranean in the Palm Sunday Massacre trying to supply the desperate Axis forces in Tunisia.
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The race for Tunisia turns into a crawl - April 30, 1943
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The Allies launch a deception operation to hide their intent of soon attacking Sicily, but first, they'll actually have to secure Tunisia, and it is slow going. A German offensive in the .. show full overview
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Kilroy was Here! The fall of Tunis - May 7, 1943
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Tunis falls to the Allies, but the Axis are still fighting back from their little corner of Tunisia. There is more of the seemingly endless fighting in the Kuban in the Caucasus, and the Chinese Theater comes to life with a new Japanese offensive.
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The End of the War in Africa - May 14, 1943
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With the end of the Tunisian Campaign, the Allies have won the war for the African Continent. What next? They meet at the Trident Conference in Washington DC to try and figure that out. .. show full overview
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Wrapping up the North African Campaign - May 21, 1943
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The Allies have won the battle for Africa, but now they have nearly 250,000 POWs to care for, and do not have the facilities to do so. The Trident Conference continues in Washington to .. show full overview
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Black May, Nazi Subs Defeated - May 28, 1943
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German Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz orders the U-Boats to leave the Atlantic this week; the losses lately have just been too great for their patrols to continue there. There is active .. show full overview
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Banzai Charges in Alaska - June 4, 1943
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The Chinese defeat the Japanese at Shipai Fortress and the Americans maul the Japanese in the Aleutians. The Japanese are also worried about the possibility of the USSR joining the war .. show full overview
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Eisenhower Lays Out His Plans for Sicily - June 11, 1943
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The Allies bomb Mediterranean islands in preparation for their invasion of Sicily next month; they also prepare a lot of deceptions to mislead the enemy as to where they will attack. The .. show full overview
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Kursk: Soviets Dig-In for Blitzkrieg - June 18th, 1943
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The Soviets have put civilians to work by the hundreds of thousands, building line after line of defenses in the Kursk Salient, where they are sure the Germans are soon to attack. .. show full overview
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Two Hundred Weeks of War - June 25, 1943
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The Allies make some preliminary moves ahead of their next big operation in the Solomon Island as well as a few before their impending invasion of Sicily. Meanwhile, in the Soviet Union, .. show full overview
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Tougher than Guadalcanal: New Georgia - July 2, 1943
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The Allies begin the next phase of their Solomon Islands offensives, the invasion of New Georgia, even as the regional fighting continues on New Guinea. Adolf Hitler schedules his summer .. show full overview
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Kursk, When Titans Clash - July 9, 1943
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Adolf Hitler launches his huge summer offensive in the USSR, Operation Citadel, known as the Battle of Kursk. Men in the millions clash. The Allies New Georgia campaign continues in the .. show full overview
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Prokhorovka: An Avalanche of Armor- July 13, 1943
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As dawn broke on 12th July 1943, the spearheads of the German II SS Panzer Corps and the Soviet 5th Guards Tank Army were shuffling into their positions. The battle of Zitadelle was .. show full overview
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Who Let the Dogs Out?! - The Invasion of Sicily - July 16, 1943
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The Allies have begun their fight to take back Western Europe with Operation Husky. That's not the only news though. They are also trying to extend their foothold in the Solomons, and Germany and the USSR continue smashing into one another at Kursk.
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After a Victory at Kursk, The Soviets Attack Everywhere - July 23, 1943
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The Allied invasion of Italy powers on and puts the future of a key axis power at play. In the USSR, the Soviets have learnt to deal with German offensives, as the Wehrmacht struggles to make a dent.
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Mussolini Falls from Power - July 30, 1943
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The Allied advance on Sicily continues, though they're really gearing up for operations next week. The Soviet advances around in the USSR and in New Georgia also continue, with the enemy .. show full overview
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Allied Tidal Wave in Romania - August 6, 1943
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The Allies bomb the Romanian oil fields, a major Axis source of oil, but it does not go well for the attackers. They do advance in both Sicily and the Solomon Islands- where a future .. show full overview
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Manstein Goes Great War Style - August 13, 1943
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From Sicily to Spas-Demensk, the Axis continue conceding ground to the Allies this week. But the fighting is still tough. The Wehrmacht has halted the Red Army offensive in the Kuban, .. show full overview
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Sicily Liberated; Italy in the Firing Line - August 20, 1943
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The British and Americans race for Messina to complete the conquest of Sicily- who will reach it first? On New Guinea, the Allies destroy a substantial Japanese air force; there are .. show full overview
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Kharkov Changes Hands for the Fourth Time - August 27, 1943
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As the war grows ever more ferocious, some people are unfortunate enough to see the front line arrive to their villages, towns, and cities multiple times.
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The War Is Four Years Old This Week - September 3, 1943
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Four years of war and no real end in sight, but as the week ends the Allies land their first troops on Italy, actively committing themselves to a front in Western Europe. In the USSR the .. show full overview
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The Allies' Latest Victory - September 10, 1943
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Dwight Eisenhower publicly announces the secret armistice signed last week, and Italy is now officially out of the war. The Italian Fleet sails for Malta and Allied captivity. The Allies .. show full overview
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Jailbreak! Mussolini on the Loose Again! - September 17th, 1943
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Red Army Reaches the Dnieper - September 24th, 1943
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Benito Mussolini proclaims a new fascist republic in Italy, but this time it is a full puppet state to Germany. There is scattered fighting around Italy and the Dodecanese- including a .. show full overview
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Smolensk and Naples Liberated! Both in Ruins - October 1, 1943
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Major prizes are taken by the Allies this week on two fronts- Naples in Italy and Smolensk in the USSR, but they are advancing all over the Eastern Front, across the Italian peninsula, .. show full overview
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Could the Soviets Cut Off Crimea? - October 8, 1943
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The Germans booby-trapped Naples when they evacuated last week and local civilians now pay the price. In the Mediterranean, Kos falls to the Germans while Corsica is liberated by the .. show full overview
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Zaporizhzhia! - October 15, 1943
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The Allies begin an aerial bombing campaign against the Japanese base at Rabaul. It has big success, though Allied bombing in Europe this week achieves big failure. The Allied advance in .. show full overview
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Stalin Agrees to the United Nations - October 22, 1943
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A Conference in Moscow lays out some postwar plans of the Allies, but the war has to be won first. The Allies fight their way across both the Dnieper and Volturno Rivers, but the going .. show full overview
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Fresh German Armor in the USSR! - October 29, 1943
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Erich von Manstein finally gets the reserve armor he's been begging Hitler for, so he can carry out his counteroffensive in Ukraine. The Soviets are still on the move themselves though. .. show full overview
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Allies Launch new Phase in Pacific War - WW2 - November 5, 1943
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The Allies hit the beaches of Bougainville, largest and last of the Solomon Islands. They create and expand a beachhead there and also win battles there at sea and in the skies. In the .. show full overview
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Kiev Liberated! Celebrations in Moscow! - November 12, 1943
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The Red Army has driven the Axis forces out of Kiev, third largest city in the USSR. The Allies are also advancing, albeit slowly and at great cost, in Italy, but in the South Pacific, .. show full overview
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A Conspiracy to kill America's President? - November 19, 1943
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A torpedo attack against the President; a Marine invasion in the central Pacific that turns very bloody in a hurry; German counterattacks in the Soviet Union; a bombing raid in Italy against a secret weapons site- all of that this week.
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The Costliest Day in US Marine History - November 26, 1943
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The Americans attack the Gilbert Islands this week, and though they successfully take Tarawa and Makin Atolls, it is VERY costly in lives, and show that the Japanese are not going to be .. show full overview
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Operation Overlord Confirmed at Teheran - December 3, 1943
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The Teheran Conference is in full swing and the Allied leadership and plan for a cross channel invasion of Europe is agreed upon by Stalin, Churchill, and Roosevelt. There are new Allied .. show full overview
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An Amphibious Landing to take Rome? - December 10, 1943
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There are plans afoot to hit the enemy from behind in Italy. Allied leaders are meeting again in Cairo to go over other plans, notably what to do about China and Burma. There is active .. show full overview
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A Super Bomber to Break Japan - December 17, 1943
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This war has now lasted as long as the Great War did, but there's no signs of it slowing. The Soviets have three offensives going on on the Eastern Front, in Italy the Allies are .. show full overview
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Stalin's Christmas Surprise - Major Offensives to Come - December 24, 1943
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Twas the night before Christmas and the war was grinding on. The Moro River Campaign continues in Italy with Canadian infantry pushing past the Gully and into 'Little Stalingrad'. .. show full overview
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Canadians Take Little Stalingrad - December 31, 1943
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1943 reaches its end with no end in sight for the war. In Italy, the Canadians take Ortona after bloody close fighting, the US Marines advance on New Britain, and a new Soviet offensive .. show full overview

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