part 12 1943

January 1 a German U- boat of the type X used fore cargo transports heads for its mission transporting supplies and blueprints towards Japan the u-boat journey will be a month of moving and hoping to stay undetected by the allied navy’s.

January 2 Several German divisions from Western Europe begin to arrive in the area of Army Group centre as the begin the build up to the counter offensive against the formally Zhukov army now called the Kalinin army now lead by Aleksandr Vasilevsky in hopes to regain some los ground.

January 3 The 1st Panzer Army in the Caucasus begin withdrawing from the navinomysk front to avoid being cut off by Soviet forces attacking from pal gorsk . japans command orders to transfer about 80,000 troops from China and Japan to port Mosby in New Guinea to reinforce their forces there who are digging in to prevent a outtbrack of US/Australians forces in lower new guinea and to reinforce emperor line.

January 4 After a 44 minute bombardment by thousands of guns and rocket-launchers and employing the 54th and 64th soviet army’s their attack on Stalingrad called Operation circle against the 6th Army in Stalingrad begins the ( Germans have 300.00 man defending Stalingrad and both soviet army’s have a total of 600.000 man ). The Japanese Navy orders the evacuation of Guadalcanal by the end of the month ( the planes of the evacuation of the 13.000 remaining troops was began when the Japanese lost the battle of Solomon sea ).

January 5 Army Group A begins a general withdrawal from the Caucasus towards a new to hold line at Stavropol towards the black sea town of tuapse. more US reinforcements coming ashore in abau new guinea with the Australians now begining to trye to make a breakout of abau towards the us hold posistion of kupiane (the allied forces now control the lower point of new guinea with a major offensive to be focus against the Japanese in port mosby).

January 6 Australian troops make a breakout of abau and begin to move towards the us held beachhead in kupiane in New Guinea ( there are now 30.000 Americans/Australians troops in a small stretch of the lower new guinea and Japanese who are holding are digging in around port Mosby hoping to contain the allied landings). no major soviet advance have bin mad against the German 6th army in Stalingrad.

January 8 first German panther begins to appear on the eastern front with most sent to bolster the German army group south who is battling the soviet in Stalingrad wille the Italian army first 100 p.50 ( Italian licensed panzer 4 ) roll of the assembly line are to begining to be deployed along side the Rommel lead germane Italian army who is now 60.000 strong will the p.40 Italian main tank nowe has reach a normal production of 100 per month but most production will shift to the p.50 ( the p.40 of which now 1,200 have bin build and more then 400 have bin sent to the eastern front to serve in Italian units there the rest is of the p 40 are in units of the Italian army in the Balkans ore used in guarding Italy).

January 9 Russian forces are not able to brake the Stavropol -tuapse front that the Germans now hold. January 10 The 25th Infantry Division begins the largest and final offensive on Guadalcanal the Americans outnumber the Japanese by more than 3 to 1 Desperate attempts to resupply the Japanese by surface ships are hampered by US PT boats.

January 14 Northeast and southwest of Stalingrad, the attacking two Soviet armies are making slow progress in the direction of Kalach on the Don, the chosen meeting point of the two pincers. The 6th and 4th Panzer Army's hurriedly dispatch mobile units to bolster the unprepared and crumbling Romanian defences in the city. Roosevelt and Churchill's summit Conference opens near Casablanca in Morocco with the Allied joint staff under General Eisenhower in attendance.

January 15 German naval forces announce a blockade of Sweden's Gothenburg harbour to protest the ongoing traffic between Sweden and free Norway ( Sweden has also got a rail link with Norway towards Narvik but with German u-boats sinking allied ship coming in and out of Narvik the Swedish are transporting supplies as the are neutral). US forces launch their final offensive on Guadalcanal to destroy the remaining 13.000 Japanese troops still on the island. The German counter offensive called night fall white a force of 636,000 men, 1,000 tanks, and 1,220 aircraft is begins to attack the Kalinin army and to regain some lose ground sins army group centre was driven out of Moscow.

January 16 The situation for the 6th Army is beginning to deteriorating but new German forces are on its way to bolster the German Stalingrad defences. first 2 japans divisions land in vanimo upper new guinea to be moved to port Mosby the rest of the new to arrive 60.000 Japanese are to reinforce the already 120.000 Japanese on the island. The German counter offensive against the Kalinin army has now gained 20 miles in 48 hours but the soviet are now beginning to react to the German offensive and begin trying to halt the Germans.

January 17 Prime minister Churchill warns the Italian government that RAF bombing of Italian cities will continue until Italy abandons the war. The Soviet 54 army from the south and the 64 soviet army from the north, join hands at Kalach on the Don, thus establishing the complete encirclement of the 300,000 men of 6th and 4th Panzer Army's.

January 18 An Italian radio broadcast, reports of large-scale evacuations of Turin, Genoa and Milan. The Russians claim 12,000 prisoners have been taken since the start of the start of operation circle .

January 19 Russians claim victories during a 35 mile advance towards Kharkov on the Voronezh front were the Russians claiming to have capturer 25,500 axis prisoners on this front alone. January 20 Russian progress continues in the Caucasus.

January 22 Army Group Don under Manstein is formed to relieve Stalingrad. the Americans make important gains in the battle round Henderson field Guadalcanal. Army group centre operation night fall has stopped to a halt with the soviet forces not moving oar retreating anymore the operation has gain the German 20 miles and brought them to a distance of 100 miles of Moscow.

January 23 The US 5th army Air Force launches its first raid against the Italian port of Naples. German forces of Army Group Centre receive orders from Hitler they are to stand and fight off any further Soviet advances from the position the are now 100 miles from Moscow and to form a new defensive line there.

January 25 Prime Minister Churchill and President Roosevelt end the Casablanca Conference with their announcement of the demand for the unconditional surrender of Germany and Italy.

January 28 The whole of the German workforce is mobilised for total war all men aged 16 to 65 and women aged 17 to 50 are to be registered. more German divisions from Western Europe begin arriving to be added to Army Group Don southwest of Stalingrad in preparation of Operation winter furry which is tasked in relieving of the encircled 6th Army ( the Germans believe western Europe is safe as the allies have not landed anywhere ).

January 27 The US army air force makes its first raid on Germany with a force of B-17’s and B-24’s hitting Wilhelmshaven in daylight ( operation knockout is still going on in destroying German radars in France but the allies are now also beginning to hit major naval bases in order to destroy German u-boats bases )

January 29 Dr. Ernst Kaltenbrunner is appointed the successor to Heydrich (Heydrich was killed like otl ) and Admiral Dönitz takes over from Admiral Raeder as C-in-C of the German Navy.

January 30 Hitler speaks to the nation on the 10th anniversary of the Nazi seizure of power and tells Germany the will win at Stalingrad. American 8th Army B-17 make their first day-light raid on France without air support hitting another radar site in operation knockout with the German trying best to fill the gaps left in the attacks the, allies begin planning their first major raid against a city since the 1,000 bomber raid failed.

January 31 Vichy France creates a Militia to combat the Resistance The Militia will become Vichy France intern security force du the fact more then 90.000 Vichy soldiers are fitting in other places.

February 1 Twenty Japanese destroyers begin the evacuation of 13,000 troops still fitting on Guadalcanal. February 4 2.000 Japanese soldiers are taken off Guadalcanal.

February 6 The Americans outflank the retreating Japanese on Guadalcanal the Japanese have evacuated 5.000 soldier from the island sins the beginning of the their evacuation.

February 7 Manstein launches his counter attack with assembled force of 21 divisions, including four Panzer divisions and having with about him about 360 tanks task in to relieving the 6th Army at Stalingrad.

February 8 Japanese complete their evacuation of Guadalcanal with over 10.500 soldiers now safely in Japanese new guinea in the fitting more then 1.500 Japanese died ore where captured of the 13.000 still on Guadalcanal. The British and Indian forces begin guerrilla operations against Japanese in Burma

February 9 A four day tank battle begins South of Stalingrad. The German u-boat arrive after a month worth of travelling to Japan the Japanese are excited by the fact that some of the thing it carries included a dozen enigma code machine a disassembled 88 mm gun and blue prints for various tanks also 4 German army engineers who are to help the Japanese to produce better tanks and to improve the production where on board the sub is slated to remain in Japan and to return with Japanese parts which the Germans would like to study ( the enigma codec machine is something the Japanese want to use to improve their on in their view unbreakable code something the don’t now the US has already partly broken the 88 mm gun will be used to be placed in the many places of the emperor line and the blue print of the tanks and planes will improve the Japanese on designs). Japanese resistance on Guadalcanal ends

February 11 The Red Army begins another offensive to get true the tuapse-Stavropol Front but is again beaten back instead the will try to flank it. General Eisenhower is selected to command the allied armies in Europe February 14 Manstein’s tanks are only 10 miles South of Stalingrad. February 16 Hitler allows to let Paulus break out of when the Army Group Don makes a gap ( Hitler want to fight another battle he dos not like otl want to los a entire army and feels that Stalingrad is nothing more then a ruin now not worth a German soldier life anymore).

February 18 Having advanced as far as 5 miles southwest of Stalingrad, the four Panzer divisions of the relief force have order to halt while the 6th and 4th army back their brake out and then to support them in their retreat by backing them up. February 19 the 6th and 4th army begin their breakout toward a waiting relief force 5 miles outside Stalingrad the Red Army begins an offensive against Army Group hoping to try to push them back far in of so that the 6th and 4th army can not break through their lines and link up with the don group.

February 21 Heavy fighting continues between the 6th and 4th German army against the 54th and 64th soviet army when the Germans two army managing to link up with the don group and succeed in braking out of Stalingrad in the battle more then 56,000 prisoners are taken in Stalingrad and more the 24.000 have died in the battle sins the operation circle began the 6th and 4th army now have mange to link up with the relieve fore and the soviet have captured a ruin city.

February 23 Hitler agrees to allow the Army Groups A and Don to a form a new line 150 miles west of Stalingrad ( the soviet have captured the city of Stalingrad but Zhukov operation circle has work only with the exception that he was not amble to stop a breakout of the German 4th and 6th army and to destroy them in the city itself he is now ordered by Stalin to attack the group don and group A and to do that he needs new men but in the mean time he push along hoping to push the Germans far away from the caucus).

February 25 Army Group A is ordered to withdraw its forces and to form a defensive line at Rostov-on-Don and Novorossiysk. The RAF begins a round the clock bombing campaign against Sicily from bases in and around Tunisia with more then 1,000 raids in the next 48 hours ( Germany has sent some more units to France and the eastern front and because of that the RAF believe a round a clock bombing campaign against Sicily will help the allies).

February 27 the 1.000 raids against Sicily are over in the 48 hours the RAF only lost 49 planes but damaged a lot of the infasruction on the island of Sicily.

March 3 Russians fail to take Rzhev, over 100 miles to the west of Moscow.

March 4 Bomber Command report the first effective attack on a radar site in France due primarily to the use of a new navigational aid called Oboe with this the attacks against the German radar in operation knockout is improve and give the allies a better way to knock a hole in the German radar net in which the can use it to attack German city’s ( the German are learning how to stop the attacks but the fact the can not repair the radar sites fast in of forces them to deploy more air units to form a defensive shield against attacks Germany that where formally based in Italy or in Greece). Red Army troops who in a flanking move against the german holding tuapse-Stavropol Front achieve a landing near port of Novorossiysk behind the German front. March 12 German troops evacuate Vyazma. The four German army engineers after touring a Japanese tank factory notice the Japanese’s tank production is inefficient and after discussing it with their Japanese counter parts the send a message for a second shipment to go to Japan and to carry a disabled panzer 3 some parts and bleu print for its assembly line.

March 13 in a ceremony in the us the Dutch Queen Wilhelmina receive from the us tree Patrol craft of the PC-461 class the ships of which two are intended replace the ships the Dutch navy in free Dutch indie lost the are called the Dutch lion the king willem 2 and the last who will be sent to the Caribbean islands of the Netherlands Antilles is named after the queen herself ( in otl the Dutch receive only one the Queen Wilhelmina but here after losing several Dutch navy vessels against the Japanese the Dutch receive from the US new ships as the can not build there on any more with Holland under German control ). March 14 The Germans armoured forces recapture Kharkov.

March 17 The Japanese attack British positions in Arakan, western Burma. first Dutch b-25 Mitchell raid against a target in Japanese controlled Malaysia ( the Dutch have now 24 b-25 from the total of 160 delivered the n-25 attacked a Japanese airfield being used to strike Sumatra).

March 19 the German 17th Army begins its attacks to eliminate the Russian beachhead at Novorossiysk an ménage to secure German control over the port but orders are given that the German forces holding the tuapse-Stavropol Front most retreat to form a new defensive line at Novorossiysk towards temmruk and to prevent any soviet attack against the German hold krimm.

March 22 German troops move to new to hold line of Novorossiysk –temmruk and begin to dig in with a shorter front to defend more elements of the forces can move to aid the Germans holding the Rostov na dunu to Belgorod line.

March 25 Greek partisans lose a battle against the Italian garrison on Samos Island after this fight Mussolini orders al garrison to be double ( the Italian army has bin receiving much better training than in otl and therefore unlike in otl the island garrison on Samos Island was amble to win and defeated the Greek partisans ).

March 29 British and Indian troops begin to withdraw from Arakan in western Burma under heavy Japanese pressure. US code breakers find out that Japan old code JN-25 Japanese command code has change making it imposable for the US to brake the code and have to start al over again diecivering it ( the Japanese use the dozen enigma machines the Germans gave them and jusing their on code on it in sending messages to their forces believing that the JN-25 with the enigma devices is now totally unbreakable something the did not now the US had broken partly but now US has to start over again the japanese are beginning to build their on version of the enigma machine to be placed on al Japanese ships and bases the new code will be called JN-50). The second type X U- boat leaves Hamburg with the parts needed for Japan plus another shipment of enigma machines as the japans are still working on producing their on ( as yet the allies have not yet figure out that Japan and Germany are trading with long range subs ).

April 10 The Italian heavy cruiser Trieste is sunk at La Maddalena, Sardinia, by attacks from 84 B-24 Liberators bombers the Italian cruiser who was patrolling the area near Sardinia was attacked by US B-24 Liberators bombers based out of Algeria.

April 14 German group north repulse a attack from the soviet 14th army against the town of volclov 100 miles outside German controlled Leningrad. The US who now has more then 5 army divisions on the small allied control place of new guinea together with the Australians form the new guinea force and begin preparation of assaulting japans controlled port Mosby with a operation called backdoor in which a us forces lands behind the Japanese line around port Mosby towards the town popondetta then the new guinea force will assault the Japanese line and hope to encircle and then to link up with the US landing force but first the US has to gain control of the waters around the landing place before the operation can start.

April 18 Admiral Yamamoto’s visit a japans naval based in Indochina ( because the US and Japanese are still fighting over the Solomon island and because the Japanese improved their code with the new JN-50 code Admiral Yamamoto went to visit a different place inspecting Japanese naval installations in the region and therfore lives unlike in otl where he died this day).

April 19 Japanese navy forces suffer heavy loses at the second Battle of the Solomon Sea off the coast of New Guinea the battle is fought until April 21 ( the US is trying to destroy the japans in a way the can land their forces at popondetta and to start operation backdoor ).

April 21 President Roosevelt announces the Japanese have executed several airmen from the Doolittle Raid April 22 Japan announces captured Allied pilots will be given one way tickets to hell.

April 29 A series of minor attacks by the Red Army against the Novorossiysk-temmruk line is rebuff by the Germans, the soviets are building up for a main assault against the line in a effort to capture the krimm from the Germans.