Irish army recruiting poster during World War Two. Note the odd shade of the uniform, which was a very grass shade of green, a color unique to the Irish Army, but well suited for the island nation. This depiction shows an Irish soldier after the adoption of the British style helmet, which came at the UK's request. Before that the Irish had used a British Vicker's produced version of the German M1916 helmet, which was in fact a better pattern. Ireland had a hard time staffing its Army during "the Emergency" as military aged men joined the British Army in such large numbers.
Sarah Sundin reports, on her blog:
Today in World War II History—August 22, 1943: German 10th Army is activated in southern Italy under Gen. Heinrich von Vietinghoff.
In the Mediterranean, all fighter groups and medium bomb groups in the US Ninth Air Force are transferred to the Twelfth Air Force.
The Germans began to withdraw from Kharkiv to avoid encirclement.
Andrei Gromyko was named Ambassador to the United States, replacing Maxim Litvinov who had returned to the Soviet Union under Stalin's orders in May. Gromyko was Belarusian.
US forces occupied islands in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands including Nukufetau and Namumea without opposition.
George S. Patton thanked the troops of his Army for their efforts in Sicily, noting:
As a result of this combined effort, you have killed or captured 113,350 enemy troops. You have destroyed 265 of his tanks, 2324 vehicles, and 1162 large guns, and, in addition, have collected a mass of military booty running into hundreds of tons.
English language German radio propagandist "Gertie from Berlin" was revealed to be Gertrude Hahn, a native of Pittsburgh who had gone to Germany in 1938 when her family returned to their native country.
The United Islamic Society of America formed in Newark, New Jersey.
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