Frank Nitti Suicide at Chicago Central Railyard, March 19, 1943
Date: March 19, 1943
Date: March 19, 1943
Operation Chastise is undertaken by RAF Bomber Command with specially equipped Avro Lancasters to destroy the Mohne, Sorpe, and Eder dams in the Ruhr valley. Date: May 16, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 16 π Events on this day in 1943 π On This Day (Today) More events from…
The SSΒ Dorchester is sunk by a German U-boat. Only 230 of 902 men aboard survive. Date: February 3, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on February 3 π Events on this day in 1943 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1943Operation Vengeance: Admiral Yamamoto Killed Over Bougainville Island, April 18,…
Ioannis Rallis becomes collaborationist Prime Minister of Greece during the Axis Occupation. Date: April 7, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 7 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, 1943Joseph Goebbels Sportpalast…
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…
World War II: The discovery of mass graves of Polish prisoners of war killed by Soviet forces in the KatyΕ 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 β π Other events on April…
Greek Resistance: The United Panhellenic Organization of Youth is founded in Greece. 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 1943WWII Mortsel Bombing Kills 900 Civilians, April 5, 1943Jefferson Memorial Dedicated in Washington,…