[Homer_J_Simpson]

Talks with Vargas – 2
Kursk is Menaced – 3-4
War News Summarized – 4
Allied Military Chiefs Map Offensives in North Africa – 5
U.S. Drive to Trap Rommel Reported – 5-6
‘Thunderbolt’ Raid Hits Duesseldorf (MacDonald) – 7
Damaged Fortress after Raid on German Naval Bases (photo) – 7
Reich Labor Draft Drains ‘the Barrel’ (Enderis) – 8
As the British Eighth Army Marched into Tripoli (photo) – 8
T.V. Soong Praises Casablanca Talks (Atkinson) – 9
U-Boats Attacked in Lairs (Baldwin) – 10
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the Fighting in Various War Zones – 11-12

[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1943/jan1943/f29jan43.htm

Kaltenbrunner to Lead Nazi SD
Friday, January 29, 1943 www.onwar.com

Ernst Kaltenbrunner [photo at link]

In Berlin... Austrian Ernst Kaltenbrunner is appointed to head the SD, replacing Heydrich.

On the Eastern Front... The Soviets continue to advance. Kropotkin in the Caucasus and Novyy Oskol north of Valuyki are captured.

In the Solomon Islands... US Task Force 18, under the command of Admiral Giffen, is attacked by Japanese aircraft off Rennel Island while providing covering escort to a supply operation to Guadalcanal. The heavy cruiser Chicago is sunk.