219 - Allies Launch new Phase in Pacific War - WW2 - November 5, 1943

The Allies hit the beaches of Bougainville, largest and last of the Solomon Islands. They create and expand a beachhead there and also win battles there at sea and in the skies. In the USSSR, the Soviets are closing in on Kiev and in the south have isolated the Crimea, but in spite of that, Adolf Hitler issues a new directive that Germanys focus for the future should be in the west and the threat of an Allied invasion there.

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