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• Weather data for 21 Dec 1943

• Japanese hospital ship Hikawa Maru departed Kwajalein, then arrived at Roi. ww2dbase [Main Article | Tabular Record of Movement | CPC]
• The radio in the German embassy in Ireland was seized in response to Allied pressure to limit German espionage efforts. ww2dbase [TH]
• The German bridgehead across the Dneiper River at Kherson, Ukraine was destroyed. ww2dbase [TH]
• 9 RAF Mosquito aircraft attacked the Mannesmann factory at Düsseldorf, Germany. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• Joseph Stilwell arrived in his field headquarters in Burma. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• The 112th Regiment of the Chinese 38th Division was surrounded by elements of the Japanese 18th Division at Yubang Ga, Burma, but by the end of the year the Japanese envelopment would be broken. ww2dbase [CPC]

• A heavy bomber raid originally scheduled for Rabaul, New Britain was canceled due to poor weather. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• Canadian 1st Division attacked Ortona, Italy, beginning a period of tough street fighting in the town. ww2dbase [Main Article | TH, CPC]
• Richard O'Connor, having escaped imprisonment, arrived at Bari, Italy and met with Harold Alexander. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• USS Grayback attacked a Japanese convoy off southwestern Japan, claiming the sinking of four vessels; 14 torpedoes were expended in this attack. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• The first Firebrand TF.III aircraft, equipped with Bristol Centaurus VII engine, took its first flight. ww2dbase [Main Article | AC]

21 Dec 1943 Interactive Map