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• Feldmarschall Kesselring was appointed commander of all German forces in Italy. ww2dbase [Albert Kesselring | TH]
• Feldmarschall Rommel was placed in command of Atlantikwall defenses in France. ww2dbase [Erwin Rommel | TH]
• Journalist Drew Pearson publicized George Patton's "slapping incident" of 3 Aug 1943, stirring controversy. ww2dbase [George Patton | CPC]
• Winston Churchill met with Chiang Kaishek for the first time in Cairo, Egypt. In the evening, he dined with Alan Brooke, Charles Portal, John Dill, Sholto Douglas, and Louis Mountbatten. ww2dbase [Winston Churchill | CPC]
• The French Committee of National Liberty decided to release the President of Lebanon and the other arrested ministers. ww2dbase [AC]

• Cruisers USS Nashville and USS St. Louis departed Tulagi, Solomon Islands for a patrol through the Solomon Sea in support of the landings at Cape Torokina, Bougainville. ww2dbase [Walden Ainsworth | St. Louis | Nashville | Tulagi, Solomon Islands | DS]

• Naka departed Truk, Caroline Islands. ww2dbase [Naka | Truk | CPC]

• USS Honolulu arrived at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. ww2dbase [Honolulu | Pearl Harbor, Oahu | DS]

21 Nov 1943 Interactive Map