Date: February 10, 1943
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…
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: Battle of Kasserine Pass in Tunisia begins. Date: February 19, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 19 📅 Events on this day in 1943 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1943Monterrey Institute of Technology Founded in Mexico, September 6, 1943Rommel Launches Battle of Medenine in…
World War II: In the second firestorm raid on Germany, the British Royal Air Force conducts an air raid on the town of Kassel, killing 10,000 and rendering 150,000 homeless. Date: October 22, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 22 📅 Events on this day in 1943 📅 On This…
World War II: German forces murder 92 civilians in Lingiades, Greece. Date: October 3, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 3 📅 Events on this day in 1943 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1943HMS Seraph Deception Operation Near Huelva, April 30, 1943Volhynia Massacres of Poles Peak, July…
World War II: Troops of the British Eighth Army capture Tripoli in Libya from the German–Italian Panzer Army. Date: January 23, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 23 📅 Events on this day in 1943 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1943Japan Begins Operation Ke to Evacuate Guadalcanal…