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1: German 1st Panzer Division withdraws from the Terek River area in southern Russia to prevent encirclement. [1]2: Americans and Australians recapture Buna, New Guinea. [1]5: Eighteen countries issue a declaration in London stating their determination to "combat and defeat the plundering by the enemy Powers of the territories which have been overrun or brought under enemy control" and to take ...
Nearly all of the former dwellers would be killed by November. After the Soviet victory in World War II, the city would become part of the Ukrainian SSR and renamed Lvov. [6] The German submarines U-105, U-202, U-462 and U-521 were all lost to enemy action in the Atlantic Ocean. The comedy film Hit the Ice starring Abbott and Costello was ...
The following events occurred in March 1943: . March 13, 1943: Liquidation completed of 10,000 Jews from Krakow Ghetto March 1, 1943: First war ration point tokens issued by U.S. government [1] March 2–4, 1943: U.S. and Australian forces sink 12 Japanese Navy ships in battle at Bismarck Sea March 27, 1943: U.S. War Department announces the existence of the first rocket-launcher weapon, the ...
1943 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1943rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 943rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 43rd year of the 20th century, and the 4th year of the 1940s decade.
October 30 — World War II: The Moscow Declaration is signed by the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union during the Moscow Conference. November [ edit ]
The Battle of the Dnieper was a military campaign that took place in 1943 on the Eastern Front of World War II.Being one of the largest operations of the war, it involved almost four million troops at one point and stretched over a 1,400 kilometres (870 mi) front.
August 1, 1943: American B-24s carry out first bombing of German oil production Operation Tidal Wave began as a group of 177 American B-24 Liberator bombers, with 1,726 total crew, departed from Libya to make the first bombing of the oil refineries at Ploieşti, Romania, the major supplier of fuel to Germany. The mission temporarily halted oil ...
January 15 – The world's largest office building, The Pentagon, headquarters of the Department of War, is dedicated in Arlington, Virginia. January 23 Duke Ellington plays at New York City's Carnegie Hall for the first time.