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• The British attempt to retake Leros, Greece failed. ww2dbase [Dodecanese Campaign | TH]
• The Allied Expeditionary Air Force was formed in preparation for the eventual invasion of northern Europe. ww2dbase [TH]
• Shinyo was commissioned into service. ww2dbase [Shinyo | CPC]
• USS Scorpion patrolled off Saipan, Mariana Islands. ww2dbase [Scorpion | CPC]
• Raymond Wheeler was named the principal administrative officer of the Allied South East Command. ww2dbase [CPC]
• Pierre Barjot was promoted to the rank of captain in the Free French Navy. ww2dbase [Pierre Barjot | CPC]

• Repair ship Akashi began repairing light cruiser Agano at Truk, Caroline Islands. ww2dbase [Akashi | Truk | CPC]

• Joseph Stilwell departed Chongqing, China. ww2dbase [Joseph Stilwell | Chongqing | CPC]

• USS Haddock arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her seventh war patrol. ww2dbase [Pearl Harbor Navy Base and Ford Island Naval Air Station | Haddock | Honolulu, Oahu | CPC]

• US Fifth Army's offensive was halted in southern Italy. Far to the north, a state of emergency was declared in Milan due to civil unrest. ww2dbase [Advance to the Gustav Line | TH]

• Shokaku arrived at Yokosuka, Japan. ww2dbase [Shokaku | Yokosuka, Kanagawa | CPC]

• USS Nicholas and the ships in her group rendezvoused and joined with carrier Task Force 50 east of the Marshall Islands. ww2dbase [Nicholas | DS]

• Cruisers USS Nashville and USS St. Louis departed Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides bound for Tulagi, Solomon Islands. ww2dbase [Walden Ainsworth | St. Louis | Nashville | Segond Channel, Espiritu Santo | DS]

• Submarine USS Narwhal docked at Nasipit harbor on Mindanao in the Philippines as a uniformed Filipino band played Anchors Aweigh. Narwhal unloaded 46 tons of cargo for the Philippine Army and embarked 32 evacuees bound for Australia, including 8 women, 2 children, and one baby. ww2dbase [Narwhal | Nasipit, Mindanao | DS]

• Allied convoy JW-54A departed Liverpool, England, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [Arctic Convoys | Liverpool, England | CPC]

15 Nov 1943 Interactive Map