RUSSIANS NEAR RAIL POINT BELOW ROSTOV; ALLIES IN TUNISIA STIFFEN AFTER LOSSES (1/25/43)

Microfilm-New York Times archives, Monterey Public Library | 1/25/43 | Guido Enderis, Raymond Daniell

[Homer_J_Simpson]

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[Homer_J_Simpson]

Free Republic University, Department of History presents World War II Plus 70 Years: Seminar and Discussion Forum
First session: September 1, 2009. Last date to add: September 2, 2015.
Reading assignment: New York Times articles delivered daily to students on the 70th anniversary of original publication date. (Previously posted articles can be found by searching on keyword “realtime” Or view Homer’s posting history .)
To add this class to or drop it from your schedule notify Admissions and Records (Attn: Homer_J_Simpson) by freepmail. Those on the Realtime +/- 70 Years ping list are automatically enrolled. Course description, prerequisites and tuition information is available at the bottom of Homer’s profile. Also visit our general discussion thread.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Selections from West Point Atlas for the Second World War
North Africa, 1941: Pursuit to Tunisia, November 1942-February 1943
Tunisia 1942: Axis Initiative-Situation 14 February 1943, and Operations Since 1 January
Southwest Russia, 1942: Soviet Winter Offensive, Operations, 13 December 1942-18 February 1943
The Far East and the Pacific, 1941: Status of Forces and Allied Theater Boundaries, 2 July 1942
India-Burma, 1942: Allied Lines of Communication, 1942-1943

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Russians Push On – 2
War News Summarized – 2
Gloom Spread in Germany by First Truth on Russia (Enderis) – 3
Americans Attack – 4-5
British Drive On West of Tripoli – 5
As the British Roared Westward to Tripoli (photos) – 6
Rome’s Spokesmen Try to Spur Italy – 7
M’Arthur Visions Air War on Japan – 7
PT Boats, 3 Months in Solomons, Smash 250,000 Enemy Ship Tons – 8
Allies Continuing Air War in Pacific – 8
Munda is Blasted 4 Times in One Day – 8
Allied Unity on ’43 Strategy Presages Momentous Moves (Daniell) – 9
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on Fighting in Various Zones – 10-12

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Russians Push On – 2
War News Summarized – 2
Gloom Spread in Germany by First Truth on Russia (Enderis) – 3
Americans Attack – 4-5
British Drive On West of Tripoli – 5
As the British Roared Westward to Tripoli (photos) – 6
Rome’s Spokesmen Try to Spur Italy – 7
M’Arthur Visions Air War on Japan – 7
PT Boats, 3 Months in Solomons, Smash 250,000 Enemy Ship Tons – 8
Allies Continuing Air War in Pacific – 8
Munda is Blasted 4 Times in One Day – 8
Allied Unity on ’43 Strategy Presages Momentous Moves (Daniell) – 9
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on Fighting in Various Zones – 10-12

[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1943/jan1943/f25jan43.htm

Stalingrad Pocket Split in Two
Monday, January 25, 1943 www.onwar.com

Soviets troops celebrating [photo at link]

On the Eastern Front... Attacking Soviet forces meet in the middle of Stalingrad. The forces of the German 6th Army are now split into two pockets, holding about 36 square miles of territory in total. To the northwest, Voronezh is captured by Soviet troops.

In Tunisia... American forces advance to Maknassy, threatening Sfax and Gabes.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/andrew.etherington/frame.htm

anuary 25th, 1943

UNITED KINGDOM: Minesweeper HMS Elfreda launched. (Dave Shirlaw)

MEDITERRANEAN SEA: Syrian sailing ships Mouyassar and Omar el Kattab was shelled and destroyed by U-431 near Haifa. (Dave Shirlaw)

NORTH AFRICA: General Giovanni Messe of the Italian First Army takes overall control of the Axis forces in North Africa.

U.S.A.: During WW II, the Military Intelligence Service (MIS) produced numerous documents, most commonly known are the Intelligence Bulletins. The Military Intelligence Special Series continues with “The German Squad in Combat” (William L. Howard)
AA cruiser USS Atlanta laid down.

Destroyer USS Harrison commissioned.

Destroyer escort USS Chatelain laid down. (Dave Shirlaw)

ATLANTIC OCEAN: SS Lackenby, a straggler from Convoy SC-117, was hit by two torpedoes from U-624 and sank south of Cape Farewell. The master, 38 crewmembers and five gunners were lost.

SS City of Flint sailed from New York as part of the convoy UGS-4. While en route she encountered a storm that caused her deckload to shift and she straggled from the convoy. The ship maintained a zigzag course at 11 knots and tried to find the other ships, when she was hit by one torpedo from U-575 at 22.05 hours on 25 Jan 1943. The torpedo struck on port side at the #1 hold and ignited the oil and gasoline stored there. As the vessel settled by the head, flames engulfed the forward section. With the engines secured, the crew of ten officers, 30 crewmen, 24 armed guards (the ship was armed with one 4in, one 3in and six 20mm guns) and one US Army Security officer abandoned ship with four lifeboats in rough seas within ten minutes. Then a second torpedo struck the port side aft of the bridge and the ship sank bow first at 23.05 hours about 300 miles south of Flores, Azores. Two crewmen and four armed guards died in the attack. The chief cook Robert Daigle was picked up by U-575 and was later interned in a POW camp. Three of the boats stayed in the area for two days before setting sail for the Azores. They used a portable radio for sending distress calls. The following day, the Portuguese destroyer Lima picked up 48 men and landed them at Ponta del Garda, Azores. On 28 January, destroyer HMS Quadrant rescued the ten survivors in the fourth boat and landed them in Gibraltar. (Dave Shirlaw)

[Mikey_1962]

Wallace Sees All in a Middle Class “Picturing future he asserts the Horatio Alger spirit will never die here”

This of course was before everybody got an Obama Phone.

[Zuben Elgenubi]

It’s amazing to see the Stalingrad situation unfold. Thanks for your posting, HJS.

[colorado tanker]

Had Roosevelt not dumped Wallace from the ticket in 1944, we would have had an Obummer administration in 1945 instead of Truman.

[colorado tanker]

Had Roosevelt not dumped Wallace from the ticket in 1944, we would have had an Obummer administration in 1945.

[InMemoriam]

U.S.A.: During WW II, the Military Intelligence Service (MIS) produced numerous documents, most commonly known are the Intelligence Bulletins. The Military Intelligence Special Series continues with “The German Squad in Combat” (William L. Howard)

The aforementioned The German Squad in Combat.