Chronology of World War II
Red Army strikes back at Germans
Friday, December 24, 1943 www.onwar.com

On the Eastern Front... Soviet forces launch a new offensive to recover recent losses west of Kiev. The 1st Ukrainian Front (Vatutin) penetrates the lines of the German 4th Panzer Army which lacks reserves to counter the attack.

In the Solomon Islands... An American task force of cruisers and destroyers bombards Buka Island and the Japanese base at Buin on Bougainville. These are diversionary attacks from the imminent landing on New Britain in the Bismarck Archipelago.
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