Today in World War II History—September 10, 1943
Sunday, September 10, 2023 by Sarah Sundin
Italian fleet steaming into Malta to surrender to the Allies, 10 September 1943 (US National Archives: SC 188574)
80 Years Ago—Sept. 10, 1943: Naval battle of the Mediterranean concludes as the Italian fleet arrives at Malta & surrenders to the Allies.
British X Corps secures Salerno town in Italy.
On New Guinea, Australians begin push from Nadzab to Lae.
At the “Frau Solf Tea Party,” a Gestapo agent infiltrates the anti-Nazi Solf Circle at a Berlin tea party; all members will be arrested in January 1944, most will be killed except Hanna Solf, widow of the former ambassador to Japan, by special request from Japan.
