Two December 1943. Rich Wessel. 6.= pm.
The 8th Army break through at the Sangro
front has now forced the Germans to
withdraw along the Adriatic coast. We took a
thousand prisoners and following the
Germans on a 15 mile front our advance
continues. We control 4 miles of the lateral
road north of the Sangro. The Sangro positions
are not very deep but strong. The air support
our troops received was splendid.
Our tactical air force gave its attention
mainly to the 5th Army. The attack which
is something like aerial artillery
lasted 3 hours with waves of planes
going in for attacks every 10 minutes.
Flying Fortresses raided the ball bearing
factory at Turin. In Russia
the German attacks on the Kiev
salient seem to have died down.
In the South the weather is sunny
and clear. So in the area of Kremenchuk
and Cherkassy the Russians advanced
and big air battles took place. Fighting
is heavy. Mr. Bevin announced a
scheme for the compulsory calling up of
men for work in the coalmines.
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