Date: July 9, 1943
World War II: In Gibraltar, a Royal Air Force B-24 Liberator bomber crashes into the sea in an apparent accident moments after takeoff, killing sixteen passengers on board, including general WΕadysΕaw Sikorski, the commander-in-chief of the Polish Army and the Prime Minister of the Polish government-in-exile; only the pilot survives. Date: July 4, 1943 Read…
The Holocaust: Jewish prisoners stage a revolt at Treblinka, one of the deadliest of Nazi death camps where approximately 900,000 persons were murdered in less than 18 months. Date: August 2, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on August 2 π Events on this day in 1943 π On This Day (Today)…
Joseph Stalin disbands the Comintern. Date: May 22, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 22 π Events on this day in 1943 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1943Operation Husky: Allied Invasion of Sicily Begins July 10, 1943Stalin Dissolves the Comintern (Third International) – May 15, 1943KrakΓ³w Ghetto…
World War II: 136 Greek civilians are murdered by soldiers of the German 1st Mountain Division in the village of Mousiotitsa, Greece. Date: July 25, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on July 25 π Events on this day in 1943 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1943Allied Invasion of…
World War II: The first day of the Battle of Rennell Island, USSΒ ChicagoΒ (CA-29) is torpedoed and heavily damaged by Japanese bombers. Date: January 29, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January 29 π Events on this day in 1943 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1943Detroit Race Riot Begins,…
Ioannis Rallis becomes collaborationist Prime Minister of Greece during the Axis Occupation. Date: April 7, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 7 π Events on this day in 1943 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1943Allied Invasion of Sicily Counterattack by German and Italian Troops July 11, 1943Battle…