28 Nov 1943
  • The Teheran Conference began between Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill. ww2dbase [Tehran Conference | TH]
  • USS Wake Island anchored at Bremerton, Washington, United States to take on supplies. ww2dbase [Wake Island | CPC]
Australian Papua
  • Lieutenant General Walter Krueger, commanding officer of US Sixth Army, established on Fergusson Island, Australian Papua the Alamo Scouts, an all volunteer elite unit consisting of small teams which could operate deep behind enemy lines to gather intelligence for the Sixth U.S. Army. ww2dbase [Walter Krueger | AC]
Caroline Islands
  • Repair ship Akashi completed the repair work for cruiser Maya at Truk, Caroline Islands. ww2dbase [Akashi | Truk | CPC]
Germany Italy
  • British Eighth Army forced a second bridgehead across the Sangro River in Italy; German Generalmajor G. H. von Ziehlberg was seriously wounded in the action. ww2dbase [Advance to the Gustav Line | TH, CPC]

28 Nov 1943 Interactive Map

Timeline Section Founder: Thomas Houlihan
Contributors: Alan Chanter, C. Peter Chen, Thomas Houlihan, Hugh Martyr, David Stubblebine
Special Thanks: Rory Curtis




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