Date: February 10, 1943
World War II: Pacific Theater: Ninety-eight American POWs are executed by Japanese forces on Wake Island. Date: October 5, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 5 📅 Events on this day in 1943 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1943Battle of the Komandorski Islands Begins in Aleutians March…
World War II: U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower is named Supreme Allied Commander for Operation Overlord. Date: December 24, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 24 📅 Events on this day in 1943 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1943Wehrmacht Retaliatory Operation in Viannos, Greece, September 14, 1943Easter…
World War II: The German 117th Jäger Division destroys the monastery of Mega Spilaio in Greece and executes 22 monks and visitors as part of reprisals that culminated a few days later with the Massacre of Kalavryta. Date: December 8, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 8 📅 Events on…
World War II: First Québec Conference of Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and William Lyon Mackenzie King begins. Date: August 17, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 17 📅 Events on this day in 1943 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1943Allied Victory on Guadalcanal Ends Battle, February…
The National Football League makes helmets mandatory. Date: April 7, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 7 📅 Events on this day in 1943 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1943Josef Mengele Becomes Auschwitz Romani Camp Chief Medical Officer, May 30, 1943World War II Tunisia Campaign: Fifth Panzer…
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 1943Carlo Tresca Assassinated in New…