The Holocaust in Ukraine: In Terebovlia, Germans order 1,100 Jews to undress and march through the city to the nearby village of Plebanivka, where they are shot and buried in ditches. Date: April 7, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 7 📅 Events on this day in 1943 📅 On…
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: Battle of the Komandorski Islands: In the Aleutian Islands the battle begins when United States Navy forces intercept Japanese attempting to reinforce a garrison at Kiska. Date: March 27, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 27 📅 Events on this day in 1943 📅 On This Day…
World War II: The entire village of Khatyn (in present-day Republic of Belarus) is burnt alive by Schutzmannschaft Battalion 118. Date: March 22, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 22 📅 Events on this day in 1943 📅 On This Day (Today)
Wehrmacht officer Rudolf von Gersdorff plots to assassinate Adolf Hitler by using a suicide bomb, but the plan falls through; von Gersdorff is able to defuse the bomb in time and avoid suspicion. Date: March 21, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 21 📅 Events on this day in 1943…
Frank Nitti, the Chicago Outfit Boss after Al Capone, commits suicide at the Chicago Central Railyard. Date: March 19, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 19 📅 Events on this day in 1943 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War II: Third Battle of Kharkiv: The Germans retake the city of Kharkiv from the Soviet armies. Date: March 15, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 15 📅 Events on this day in 1943 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Holocaust: The liquidation of the Kraków Ghetto is completed. Date: March 14, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 14 📅 Events on this day in 1943 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Holocaust: German forces liquidate the Jewish ghetto in Kraków. Date: March 13, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 13 📅 Events on this day in 1943 📅 On This Day (Today)
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…