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February 7 – WWII: It is announced that shoe rationing will go into effect in the US in two days. February 8 – WWII: Battle of Guadalcanal – United States forces defeat Japanese troops. February 11 – General Dwight D. Eisenhower is selected to command the Allied armies in Europe.
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.
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Timeline of declarations of war during World War II; Timeline of the United Kingdom home front during World War II (1939–1945); Timeline of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact (1918–1941)
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Within two days, Allied troops move into Tunisia for the first time from the South. 5: The Allies now have all of Libya under their control. 7: In the United States, it is announced that shoe rationing will go into effect in two days. 8: The Chindits (a "long range penetration group") under British General Orde Wingate begin an incursion into ...
Wounded American soldier receiving blood plasma, Sicily, 9 August 1943. By 27 July, the Axis commanders had realised that the outcome of the campaign would be an evacuation from Messina. [138] Kesselring reported to Hitler on 29 July that an evacuation could be accomplished in three days and initial written plans were formulated dated 1 August ...
The Bengal famine of 1943 was a famine in the Bengal province of British India (present-day Bangladesh, West Bengal and eastern India) during World War II.An estimated 800,000–3.8 million people died, [A] in the Bengal region (present-day Bangladesh and West Bengal), from starvation, malaria and other diseases aggravated by malnutrition, population displacement, unsanitary conditions, poor ...