9 December 1943
Italy
Italian troops are now in the Allied front line
Pacific
Torokina airfield on Bougainville becomes operational. The rapid speed with which the Americans can open airfields on captured islands plays a major role in their victory in the Pacific
Eastern Front
Soviet troops capture the rail junction at Znamenka
How to cite this article: Rickard, J (28 December 2007), 9 December 1943 , http://www.historyofwar.org/secondworldwar/date/1943_12_09.html
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