Date: February 9, 1943
World War II: Australian and American forces defeat Japanese army and navy units in the bitterly fought Battle of Buna–Gona. Date: January 22, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 22 📅 Events on this day in 1943 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1943Denmark WWII: German Crackdown Demand,…
World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill conclude a conference in Casablanca. Date: January 24, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 24 📅 Events on this day in 1943 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1943USS Liscome Bay Sunk at Makin, 650 Killed — November 24,…
World War II: Operation Gomorrah begins: British and Canadian aeroplanes bomb Hamburg by night, and American planes bomb the city by day. By the end of the operation in November, 9,000 tons of explosives will have killed more than 30,000 people and destroyed 280,000 buildings. Date: July 24, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅…
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 → 📅 Other events on March 6 📅 Events on this day in 1943 📅 On This…
World War II: First large-scale protest march resulting in clashes with the Axis occupation forces and collaborationist police in Athens against rumours of forced mobilization of Greek workers for work in Germany. Date: February 24, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 24 📅 Events on this day in 1943 📅…
World War II: HMT Rohna is sunk by the Luftwaffe in an air attack in the Mediterranean north of Béjaïa, Algeria. Date: November 26, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 26 📅 Events on this day in 1943 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1943Arthur Goldstein Murdered in…