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Briton in Capital (Lawrence) – 2
Nazis Batter City – 3
U.S. Weapons Used by Soviet at Rzhev – 4
President Avoids Standley Row; Moscow Publishes Figures on Aid – 4
Rommel Loses Desert Battle; French Imperil Mareth Line (Middleton) – 5
U.S. Weighs Policy on French Sailors – 5-6
Welles Notes Reports on Hitler; Berlin Delays Heroes’ Day Fete – 6
Lorient ‘Bullseye’ for U.S. Bombers (MacDonald) – 6
New Enemy Move is Seen in Pacific (Durdin) – 7
Allied Fliers Rake Amboina and Timor – 7
War News Summarized – 7
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on Fighting in Various Zones – 8-10

[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1943/mar1943/f13mar43.htm

Hitler unaware of bomb on plane
Saturday, March 13, 1943 www.onwar.com

In Smolensk... A time-bomb is place on board Hitler’s personal aircraft by German Army conspirators intending to assassinate the Fuhrer. It fails to explode.

From Berlin... The German Army High Command issues the preliminary orders for Operation Zitadelle (in English meaning Citadel) — the plan to eliminate the Soviet held salient centered on Kursk.

In China... Chinese forces counterattack Japanese forces in the Yangtze Valley.