Japanese Submarine Sinks AHS Centaur off Queensland, May 14, 1943

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…

World War II: German warship Scharnhorst is sunk off Norway's North Cape after a battle against major Royal Navy forces. Date: December 26, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 26 📅 Events on this day in 1943 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1943World War II: First Québec…

Joseph Stalin dissolves the Comintern (or Third International). Date: May 15, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 15 📅 Events on this day in 1943 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1943World War II Operation Gomorrah: RAF Firebombs Hamburg, 42,000 Dead, July 28, 1943Holocaust in Italy: Roman Ghetto…

World War II: Tarawa and Makin atolls fall to American forces. Date: November 23, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 23 📅 Events on this day in 1943 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1943Battle of Kursk: German Offensive Begins in World War II, July 5, 1943Battle of…

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: American movie studio executives agree to allow the Office of War Information to censor movies. Date: February 20, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 20 📅 Events on this day in 1943 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1943Bethnal Green Tube Station Crush Kills 173…