Volhynia Massacres of Poles Peak, July 11, 1943
Date: July 11, 1943
Date: July 11, 1943
World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill conclude a conference in Casablanca. Date: January 24, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January 24 π Events on this day in 1943 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1943Japanese Forces Evacuate New Georgia Island in World War II, August…
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…
The Holocaust: In Berlin, the Gestapo arrest 1,800 Jewish men with German wives, leading to the Rosenstrasse protest. Date: February 27, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on February 27 π Events on this day in 1943 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1943Operation Gomorrah Begins: Hamburg Bombed by Allies,…
The Easter Riots break out in Uppsala, Sweden. Date: April 26, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 26 π Events on this day in 1943 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1943Joseph Goebbels Sportpalast Speech, February 18, 1943RAF Launches Operation Bellicose Shuttle Bombing Raid, June 20, 1943Soviet Counter-Offensive…
World War II: In Gibraltar, a Royal Air Force B-24 Liberator bomber crashes into the sea in an apparent accident moments after takeoff, killing sixteen passengers on board, including general WΕadysΕaw Sikorski, the commander-in-chief of the Polish Army and the Prime Minister of the Polish government-in-exile; only the pilot survives. Date: July 4, 1943 Read…
World War II: The British submarine HMSΒ Seraph surfaces near Huelva to cast adrift a dead man dressed as a courier and carrying false invasion plans. Date: April 30, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 30 π Events on this day in 1943 π On This Day (Today) More events from…