Date: March 5, 1943
The Cavan Orphanage fire kills thirty-five girls and an elderly cook. Date: February 23, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on February 23 π Events on this day in 1943 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1943White Rose Resistance Leaders Executed in Nazi Germany, February 22, 1943World War II: German…
World War II: Five hundred aircraft of the U.S. 8th Air Force devastate Wilhelmshaven harbor in Germany. Date: November 3, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on November 3 π Events on this day in 1943 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1943Battle of the Komandorski Islands Begins in Aleutians…
World War II: Thirteen civilians are burnt alive by a paramilitary group in Crete during the Nazi occupation of Greece. Date: October 6, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on October 6 π Events on this day in 1943 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1943Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Begins in…
Massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army within the Reichskommissariat Ukraine (Volhynia) peak. Date: July 11, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on July 11 π Events on this day in 1943 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1943Wehrmacht Retaliatory Operation in Viannos, Greece,…
World War II: During the Battle of the Bismarck Sea Allied aircraft defeat a Japanese attempt to ship troops to New Guinea. Date: March 2, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 2 π Events on this day in 1943 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1943Subhas Chandra Bose…
BOAC Flight 777 is shot down over the Bay of Biscay by German Junkers Ju 88s, killing British actor Leslie Howard and leading to speculation that it was actually an attempt to kill British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Date: June 1, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on June 1 π Events…