Today in World War II History—August 24, 1943

Damage from sabotage at the Forum in Copenhagen, Denmark, 24 August 1943 (The Royal Library: The National Library of Denmark and Copenhagen University Library neg. 172239)
80 Years Ago—Aug. 24, 1943: Danish resistance group Holger Danske blows up Forum Hall in Copenhagen so it can’t be occupied by German troops for barracks.
Fritz Kolbe of the German Foreign Service meets with US OSS agent Allen Dulles in Bern, Switzerland; he will bring 1600 diplomatic cables to Dulles through July 1944.
Southeast Asia Command is authorized with Adm. Lord Louis Mountbatten as Supreme Allied Commander.

Adm. Lord Louis Mountbatten, Arakan Front, Burma, February 1944 (Imperial War Museum: 4700-64 SE 14)