Today in World War II History—August 25, 1943
Friday, August 25, 2023 by Sarah Sundin

Maj. Gen. Lawton Collins and Maj. Charles Davis, New Georgia, Solomon Islands, 14 Aug 1943 (US Army photo)
80 Years Ago—Aug. 25, 1943: US secures New Georgia in the Solomons after seizing Bairoko Harbor.
Allies begin air raids on France and the Low Countries to make Germans suspect an invasion in the Pas de Calais area of France and to draw the Luftwaffe up into battle.
Germans impose a 72-hour work week in the occupied Netherlands.