Winston Churchill’s Second Wartime Address to U.S. Congress, May 19, 1943
Date: May 19, 1943
Date: May 19, 1943
The Holocaust: German SS leader Heinrich Himmler orders that Gypsies are to be put "on the same level as Jews and placed in concentration camps". Date: November 15, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 15 📅 Events on this day in 1943 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…
World War II: The discovery of mass graves of Polish prisoners of war killed by Soviet forces in the Katyń 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 → 📅 Other events on April…
World War II: The British destroyers HMS Eclipse and HMS Laforey sink the Italian submarine Ascianghi in the Mediterranean after she torpedoes the cruiser HMS Newfoundland. Date: July 23, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 23 📅 Events on this day in 1943 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1943Himmler Orders Gypsies…
World War II: Five hundred aircraft of the U.S. 8th Air Force devastate Wilhelmshaven harbor in Germany. Date: November 3, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 3 📅 Events on this day in 1943 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1943Joseph Stalin Dissolves the Comintern, May 15, 1943Operation…
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: Benito Mussolini is rescued from house arrest by German commando forces led by Otto Skorzeny. Date: September 12, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 12 📅 Events on this day in 1943 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1943Hitler Orders Deportation of Danish Jews, September…