Date: January 14, 1943
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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 (0.62Β mi) from the residential area hit. Date: April 5, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia…
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 β π Other events on March 21 π Events on this day in 1943…
Winston Churchill's second wartime address to the U.S. Congress Date: May 19, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 19 π Events on this day in 1943 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1943World War II Dambuster Raids Begin by No. 617 Squadron RAF May 17, 1943Battle of Kasserine…
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…
World War II: Rostov-on-Don, Russia is liberated. Date: February 14, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on February 14 π Events on this day in 1943 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1943World War II: German-Occupied Denmark Scuttles Navy, Government Dissolved, August 29, 1943German Troops Occupy Corsica and Kosovo-Metohija, Ending…
World War II: Japan begins Operation Ke, the successful operation to evacuate its forces from Guadalcanal during the Guadalcanal campaign. Date: January 14, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January 14 π Events on this day in 1943 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1943Holocaust: Nazis Liquidate Janowska Camp,…