Chronology of World War II
Germans fall back north and south of Kursk
Thursday, July 15, 1943 www.onwar.com

Knocked out German PzKpfw IV guard dead soldiersOn the Eastern Front... The Soviet Central Front (Rokossovsky) joins the offensive drive toward Orel. In the south of the Kursk salient, German forces of Army Group South (Manstein) begin to pull back to their start lines. Soviet forces press forward against the retreating Germans.

In Sicily... General Patton forms a provisional corps to advance on the west of the island while US 2nd Corps (Bradley) drives northward. In Catania the Axis forces retreat behind the Simeto River.

In the Solomon Islands... General Griswold replaces General Hester in command of operation in New Georgia. There is an air battle over Rendova in which the Americans lose 3 aircraft and claim to shoot down more than 40 Japanese planes.

In Washington... President Roosevelt creates a new office of economic warfare, headed by Leo Crowley. It replaces the previous board.
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