11 Sep 1943




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- Operation Source: British midget submarines X5, X6, and X7 attacked German battleship Tirpitz in Norway. All three were destroyed, but X6 and X7 were able to place mines below the ship. ww2dbase [Tirpitz | CPC]
- Pierre Le Gloan passed away. ww2dbase [Pierre Le Gloan | CPC]
- Italian forces in various Aegean islands surrendered to the Germans, including those at the island of Rhodes. ww2dbase [Dodecanese Campaign | AC]
- The anti-Hitler group Bund Deutscher Offiziere was formed in Moscow, Russia by a number of German officers captured by Soviet forces since the beginning of the war. ww2dbase [TH]
- At 1500 hours, Kurt Student ordered Major Harald Mors to have a plan for the rescue of Benito Mussolini ready at his desk as soon as possible, with the plan to be executed on the following day at 0730 hours. ww2dbase [Operation Eiche | CPC]
- Jewish ghettos in Byelorussian cities of Minsk and Lida were liquidated over the next 3 days. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | CPC]
- German authorities raided Jews in Nice, France. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | CPC]
- US and French troops landed on the French island of Corsica in the Mediterranean Sea. ww2dbase [Corse | AC]
- USS Tunny departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii. ww2dbase [Pearl Harbor Navy Base and Ford Island Naval Air Station | Tunny | Honolulu, Oahu | CPC]
- Barbers Point Naval Air Station: Part of Torpedo Squadron 16 (VT-16) departed. Part of Bombing Squadron 16 (VB-16) departed. ww2dbase [Barbers Point Naval Air Station | Ewa, Oahu | DS]
- British 1st Airborne Division captured Brindisi and Bari, Italy without resistance; in the opposite direction, the British paratroopers also linked up with Canadian troops of British XIII Corps which had landed at Reggio Calabria eight days prior. Further north, German troops declared Rome secure. ww2dbase [Operation Avalanche | AC, CPC]
- Inigo Campioni was captured by the Germans on Rhodes, Italian Dodecanese. ww2dbase [Inigo Campioni | Rhodes, Dodecanese | CPC]
- USS Harder attacked a Japanese convoy south of Japan, sinking cargo ship Yoko Maru, hitting her with 1 of 3 torpedoes. ww2dbase [Harder | CPC]
- Orde Wingate departed the United Kingdom for Lisbon, Portugal. ww2dbase [Orde Wingate | CPC]




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