Allied Invasion Fleet Sails for Sicily, Operation Husky, July 5, 1943
Date: July 5, 1943
Date: July 5, 1943
Operation Chastise is undertaken by RAF Bomber Command with specially equipped Avro Lancasters to destroy the Mohne, Sorpe, and Eder dams in the Ruhr valley. Date: May 16, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 16 π Events on this day in 1943 π On This Day (Today) More events from…
World War II: In London, 173 people are killed in a crush while trying to enter an air-raid shelter at Bethnal Green tube station. Date: March 3, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 3 π Events on this day in 1943 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1943Soviet…
World War II: Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel launches the Battle of Medenine in an attempt to slow down the British Eighth Army. It fails, and he leaves Africa three days later. Date: March 6, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 6 π Events on this day in 1943 π On This…
World War II: The Battle of the Bismarck Sea in the south-west Pacific comes to an end. Date: March 4, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 4 π Events on this day in 1943 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1943World War II: Tarawa and Makin Fall to…
World War II: Troops of the British Eighth Army capture Tripoli in Libya from the GermanβItalian Panzer Army. Date: January 23, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January 23 π Events on this day in 1943 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1943Battle of Rennell Island: USS Chicago Torpedoed…
World War II: Battle of Kasserine Pass in Tunisia begins. Date: February 19, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on February 19 π Events on this day in 1943 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1943Bosnia and Herzegovina Statehood Re-established at Anti-Fascist Council, November 25, 1943SS Dorchester Sunk by German…