Date: February 9, 1943
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: The Battle of Fardykambos, one of the first major battles between the Greek Resistance and the occupying Royal Italian Army, begins. It ends on 6 March with the surrender of an entire Italian battalion and the liberation of the town of Grevena. Date: March 4, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅…
The Holocaust: Germany liquidates the Jewish Ghetto in Brzeżany, Poland (now Berezhany, Ukraine). Around 1,180 Jews are led to the city's old Jewish graveyard and shot. Date: June 12, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 12 📅 Events on this day in 1943 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…
World War II: Operation Vengeance, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is killed when his aircraft is shot down by U.S. fighters over Bougainville Island. Date: April 18, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 18 📅 Events on this day in 1943 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1943Allied Invasion of…
World War II: United States Army Air Forces bomber aircraft accidentally cause more than 900 civilian deaths, including 209 children, and 1,300 wounded among the civilian population of the Belgian town of Mortsel. Their target was the Erla factory 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) from the residential area hit. Date: April 5, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia…
Yankee Clipper crashes while landing on the Tagus in Lisbon, killing 24. Date: February 22, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 22 📅 Events on this day in 1943 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1943World War II: Allied Victory at Buna–Gona January 22, 1943Sobibór Extermination Camp Closed…