二戰歐陸雄心系列之三十一—1943.2.23

04-17

部隊殘血要拉後（Sky臉）

The new Italian cruiser Ulpio Traiano was sunk in Palermo harbor.

義大利新巡洋艦Ulpio Traiano在巴勒莫港口沉沒。

At 8:05 a.m. local time, the final Soviet assault on the German Sixth Army in Stalingrad began under the command of General Rokossovsky.

當地早晨8:05，在羅科索夫斯基將軍的指揮下，蘇軍對斯大林格勒的德6集發起總攻。

The America First Party was established in Detroit by isolationist Gerald L. K. Smith.

孤立主義者Gerald L.K. Smith在底特律成立美國優先黨。

The Soviets began its final assault on the German occupation of Leningrad.

蘇軍對德佔列寧格勒地區發起總攻。

German submarine U-224 was depth charged, rammed and sunk west of Algiers by the Canadian corvette Ville de Quebec.

德軍潛艇U224在阿爾及爾以西被加拿大小型護衛艦Ville de Quebec通過深水炸彈、擠撞等方式擊沉。

Berlin was bombed for the first time in 14 months, as the United Kingdoms Royal Air Force bombers began the heaviest raid ever on the German capital. A lighter attack had taken place on November 7, 1941. During the night raid, 1,000 tons of bombs fell and fires were visible for 100 miles

14個月以來，柏林再次被皇家空軍轟炸機轟炸（1月16日）。這次是規模最大的轟炸，上次轟炸發生於1941年11月7日，轟炸規模較小。在本次轟炸中，英軍傾瀉了1000噸炸彈，100英里以內都可看見柏林的火光。

The Luftwaffe conducted the first night raid on London since May 1941.

德國空軍在1941年5月之後，再次對倫敦進行了首次夜間空襲（17日）。

The Battle for Velikiye Luki ended in Soviet victory.

蘇軍獲得大盧基之戰的勝利。

The Red Army of the Soviet Union broke the German Wehrmachts 515-day siege of Leningrad.

蘇聯紅軍打破了德國國防軍對列寧格勒長達515天的圍困。

The Germans lost their last airfield at Stalingrad when Gumrak was taken.

蘇軍解放Gumrak，德軍丟掉了斯大林格勒的最後一個機場。

The British 8th Army, under the command of General Bernard Montgomery captured Tripoli from Italy. The Italian Governor, Alberto Denti di Piranjo, formally surrendered to the British, relinquishing Italian control of Libya that had started in 1912.

英8集在蒙哥馬利將軍的指揮下佔領了義大利的的黎波里。義大利總督Alberto Denti di Piranjo正式向英軍投降，放棄了1912年以來義大利對利比亞的控制。

With the fast advance of the red army, Germanys newspapers began printing pessimistic reports "apparently preparing the Germans for news of a disastrous defeat on the Eastern Front" for the first time since World War Two began.

隨著紅軍的迅速推進，德國報紙自二戰以來首次刊登了悲觀的報道「顯然是為德國人能夠接受東線災難性失敗的消息做好準備」。

The Ostrogozhsk–Rossosh Offensive was completed with a Soviet victory over the invading German forces.

蘇軍在奧斯特羅戈日斯克-羅索什攻勢中戰勝了德國侵略者。

At 7:35 in the morning in Stalingrad, Field Marshal Friedrich von Paulus surrendered 90,000 German troops to Soviet Army.

早晨7:35，斯大林格勒，保盧斯元帥代表9萬名德軍向蘇軍投降。

With the British Eighth Armys success in its African campaign, the remaining German forces in modern-day Libya, along with their commander, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, withdrew across the border into French Tunisia, where they would be defeated in May.

英8集在非洲戰役勝利後，現代利比亞境內的德軍殘部與隆美爾元帥一起跨過邊境進入法屬突尼西亞。不過5月份他們在突尼西亞也失敗了。

German forces in Belarus began Operation Hornung, a counterattack against Belarusan partisans.

白俄羅斯的德軍開始Hornug作戰，對白俄羅斯游擊隊發動反攻。

The 60th Army of the Soviet Voronezh Front captured Kursk.

蘇聯沃羅涅日方面軍下屬60集團軍解放庫爾斯克。

The red army liberated Belgorod.

紅軍解放別爾哥羅德。

The Soviet Union began its nuclear weapons research program, by State Defense Committee resolution signed by Josef Stalin.

根據斯大林簽字的國防委員會決議，蘇聯開始自己的核武器研究項目。

The Battle of the Kasserine Pass began as German General Erwin Rommel and his Afrika Korps launched a surprise offensive against Allied defenses in Tunisia, giving the United States Army their first major battle defeat of the war, the loss of six battalions of the U.S. Second Corps.

隆美爾的北非軍團對盟軍突尼西亞守軍發動突襲，凱瑟林隘口之戰隨之爆發。美軍在歐戰第一次遭到大戰失敗，美軍第二軍損失了6個營。

The Battle of Demyansk began on the Eastern Front.

東線爆發德米揚斯克戰役。

Kharkov was liberated.

哈爾科夫解放。

Despite of its rapid penetration, the Soviet Red army was over stretched with severe logistic issues.

雖然蘇軍實現了迅速插入，但由於嚴重的後勤問題，蘇軍戰線過度延伸了。