Battle of Kursk: German Offensive Begins in World War II, July 5, 1943
Date: July 5, 1943
Date: July 5, 1943
World War II: Rome is heavily bombed by more than 500 Allied aircraft, inflicting thousands of casualties. Date: July 19, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 19 📅 Events on this day in 1943 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1943Republic of China Signs Sino-British and Sino-American Treaties…
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: 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 → 📅 Other events on July 25 📅 Events on this day in 1943 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1943Berlin Gestapo Arrests…
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 1943Volhynia Massacres of Poles Peak, July 11,…
World War II: The discovery of mass graves of Polish prisoners of war killed by Soviet forces in the Katyń Forest Massacre is announced, causing a diplomatic rift between the Polish government-in-exile in London and the Soviet Union, which denies responsibility. Date: April 13, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April…
World War II: The Battle of Fardykambos, one of the first major battles between the Greek Resistance and the occupying Royal Italian Army, ends with the surrender of an entire Italian battalion, the bulk of the garrison of the town of Grevena, leading to its liberation a fortnight later. Date: March 6, 1943 Read more…