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Australian Troops Defeat Japanese Attack
Thursday, January 28, 1943 www.onwar.com
Australians troops examine a destroyed Japanese tank [photo at link]
In New Guinea... The Japanese unsuccessfully attack a detachment of the Australian 3rd Division at Wau.
On the Eastern Front... The Soviets take Kastornoye, east of Voronezh. A detachment of the German 2nd Army is cut off near here.
From Berlin... The German Director-General of Labor, Sauckel, issues a decree for the further mobilization of civilian men and women.