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In August 1943, the Polish village of Gaj, near Kovel, was burned and some 600 people were massacred, and 438 people were killed, including 246 children, in Ostrówki. In July 1943, a total of 520 Polish villages were attacked, killing 10,000–11,000 Poles. At the same time, the killings in the eastern part of the county continued. [104]
But 80 years ago, you could see and maybe even touch evidence of the enemy. On Sept. 21, 1943, at the height of World War II, a Japanese submarine was parked on the street just south of where the
June 15–17 – Beaumont race riot of 1943 in Texas. June 20–22 – 1943 Detroit race riot. June 22 – The U.S. Army 45th Infantry Division lands in North Africa, prior to training at Arzew, French Algeria.
On October 24, 1944, Admiral Osterhaus and the other six members of the court deliberated for 80 minutes and found all 50 defendants guilty of mutiny. Each man was reduced in rank to seaman apprentice and sentenced to 15 years of hard labor to be followed by dishonorable discharge. The men were held under guard while their sentences were passed ...
Fifty years ago Friday, on Aug. 27, 1943, excavation began for Hanford’s first reactor. Although some preparation had occurred earlier in 1943, Friday marked the anniversary of the start of ...
80 years ago, Tuskegee Airmen trained at Selfridge Airfield to fly in World War II ... 1943 — as racial tensions were climbing just over a month before the Detroit Race Riots in 1943 — when ...
January 8 – Stuart Garson becomes premier of Manitoba, replacing John Bracken, who had governed for 21 years; May 11 – J. Walter Jones becomes premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing Thane Campbell; May 18 – Harry Nixon becomes premier of Ontario, replacing Gordon Conant; May 23 – William Aberhart, premier of Alberta, dies in office
On the day of liberation 80 years ago, only 7,000 were saved. ... Four new chambers were built between March and June 1943, each containing a disrobing area, gas chamber, and crematory ovens. ...