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History on the 15th of July 1943

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15 Jul 1943 WW2 Allied leadership completed the plans for the invasion and occupation of New Britain, which was scheduled for 15 Nov 1943. 
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15 Jul 1943 WW2 USS Copahee was reclassified an escort carrier with hull number CVE-12. 
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15 Jul 1943 WW2 Erwin Rommel was made the commander of Heeresgruppe B. 
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15 Jul 1943 WW2 Before dawn, Allied Northwest African Tactical Air Force bombers attacked Palermo, Sicily, Italy. During the day, US Ninth Air Force B-25 bombers attacked Palermo, Cape Gallo, Salina Island, and Cape Zifferano while the Northwest African Tactical Air Force attacked Vibo Valentia. Meanwhile, airborne troops of the UK 1st Airborne Division were relieved after fighting a larger German airborne force at Primosole Bridge over the Simeto River in Sicily, Italy for the past two days, ending Operation Fustian. Finally, US 7th Army captured the ports of Agrigento and Porto Empedocle. 
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15 Jul 1943 WW2 The keel of Canadian frigate Loch Morlich was laid down at Wallsend-on-Tyne, England, United Kingdom. 
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15 Jul 1943 WW2 Frigate HMS Calder was commissioned into service. 
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15 Jul 1943 WW2 British frigate Musk was launched. 
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15 Jul 1943 WW2 British destroyer Zephyr was launched. 
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15 Jul 1943 WW2 British minesweeping trawler Steepholm and and minesweeper Welfare were launched. 
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15 Jul 1943 WW2 British escort carrier Thane was launched. 
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15 Jul 1943 WW2 German submarine U-988 was commissioned into service. 
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15 Jul 1943 WW2 George Patton formed a provisional corps in western in Sicily, Italy. 
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15 Jul 1943 WW2 British submarine HMS United sank Italian submarine Remo in the Gulf of Taranto, Italy. 
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15 Jul 1943 WW2 The Soviet Central Front began an offensive toward Orel, Russia. 
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15 Jul 1943 WW2 Submarine USS Narwhal shelled a Japanese airfield on Matsuwa Island, Kurile Islands, the first time the Kurile Islands were attacked by an American vessel in the war. 
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15 Jul 1943 WW2 The keel of Australian frigate HMAS Culgoa was laid down. 
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15 Jul 1943 WW2 A B-24 Liberator bomber and two P-39 Airacobra fighters of USAAF Eleventh Air Force flew a reconnaissance mission over Kiska and Segula Islands in the Aleutian Islands, while 9 B-24 bombers and 14 B-25 bombers attacked Kiska in the same archipelago. 
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15 Jul 1943 WW2 The under-construction Canadian corvette Sea Cliff was renamed Guelph. 
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15 Jul 1943 WW2 US President Roosevelt created he Office of Economic Warfare, which was to be led by Leo Crowley. 
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15 Jul 1943 WW2 The keel of American minesweeper Graylag was laid down. 
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15 Jul 1943 WW2 The keel of American submarine Blower was laid down. 
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15 Jul 1943 WW2 The keel of American destroyer escort Day was laid down. 
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15 Jul 1943 WW2 The keel of American destroyer escort Rudderow was laid down. 
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15 Jul 1943 WW2 American destroyer escort George was launched. 
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15 Jul 1943 WW2 American destroyer escort Savage was launched. 
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15 Jul 1943 WW2 American destroyer escort Spangler was launched. 
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15 Jul 1943 WW2 American minesweeper Gadwall was launched. 
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15 Jul 1943 WW2 American frigates Covington and Shreveport were launched. 
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15 Jul 1943 WW2 US Navy Patrol Squadron 32 PBM-3C Mariner aircraft sank German submarine U-759 in the Caribbean Sea south of Haiti with depth charges (all 47 killed). 
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15 Jul 1943 WW2 British sloop HMS Rochester, corvette HMS Mignonette, and corvette HMS Balsam, with the help from a US Navy PBY Catalina aircraft, sank German submarine U-135 in the Atlantic Ocean; 5 German crew were killed, 41 survived. Off the Portuguese island of Madeira, US Navy Composite Squadron 29 TBF Avenger torpedo bomber sank German submarine U-509; all 54 aboard were killed. Also off Madeira, German submarine U-135 damaged transport Twickenham. U-572 sank sailing ship Gilbert B. Walters off Venezuela. In the South Atlantic, 620 miles east of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, U-172 sank transport Harmonic at 2116 hours; 1 was killed, 38 survived. 
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15 Jul 1943 WW2 German submarine U-181 sank British ship Empire Lake 240 miles east of Madagascar at 1801 hours; 30 were killed, 7 survived. 
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15 Jul 1943 WW2 All Allied airborne operations were suspended pending an analysis of recent poor performance and high casualty rates. 
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15 Jul 1943 WW2 The Japanese Navy launched 24 G4M bombers, escorted by about 40 to 50 A6M Zero fighters, to attack various targets in the central Solomon Islands; the bulk of the attack force was intercepted by US Army and US Navy fighters in the Rendova Island, New Georgia, Solomon Islands area, and 15 G5M bombers and 30 A6M fighters were shot down at a loss of only 3 American fighters. On land at New Georgia, men of the US Army and US Marine Corps launched an offensive at Laiana Beach. 
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15 Jul 1943 WW2 Shokaku arrived at Truk, Caroline Islands. 
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15 Jul 1943 WW2 Before dawn, Allied Northwest African Strategic Air Force Wellington bombers attacked airfields and docks at Naples, Italy. During the day, Villa San Giovanni and Foggia were attacked by Allied aircraft. 
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15 Jul 1943 WW2 Nachi arrived at Paramushiro (Paramushir), Kurile Islands. 
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15 Jul 1943 WW2 Roosevelt Roads Naval Base in Puerto Rico was commissioned as an operations base. 
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15 Jul 1943 WW2 The US Navy established a new scheme for the designation of aircraft carriers. Large fleet carriers would retain the designation of CV. 10,000-ton carriers built on light cruiser hulls were from CV to CVL (light carriers). Auxiliary aircraft carriers, previuosly ACV, were now redesignated as CVE (escort carriers). Finally, the new designation of CVB (large carriers) was established for the Midway-class carriers. 
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15 Jul 1943 WW2 Carrier Langley was reclassified as a light carrier. 
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