TUE 24 AUG 1943
QUADRANT Conference ends. President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill agree to intensify the war against Japan without relaxing the effort against Germany in Europe, and to intensify the war against Italy. Additionally, steps will be taken to include the Russians to a greater degree in the western Allies and to recognize General Charles DeGaulle's French Committee of National Liberation as representative of the Free French.
Pacific
New Georgia, Solomons, campaign ends as U.S. Army troops occupy Bairoko Harbor.
Motor torpedo boats PT-175, PT-176, and PT-164, operating from Rendova, are damaged by Japanese floatplanes, Gizo Strait.
Submarine Whale (SS-239) damages Japanese fleet tanker San Diego Maru, 31°30'N, 128°35'E.
Small reconnaissance seaplane from Japanese submarine I-25 reconnoiters Espiritu Santo.
Atlantic
Aircraft (VC 13) from escort carrier Core (CVE-13) sink German submarines U-84 at 27°09'N, 37°03'W, and U-185 at 27°00'N, 37°06'W, southwest of the Azores.
Mediterranean
German planes bomb U.S. tanker Esso Providence off Port Augusta, Sicily; there are no fatalities among the ship's merchant and Armed Guard complement.
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DeGaulle Recognized
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