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 | 1944-01-03 | Boyington Shot Down | Ace Major Greg "Pappy" Boyington is shot down in his Corsair by Captain Masajiro Kawato flying a Zero. | Read about 'Boyington Shot Down' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Boyington Shot Down' | |
| 1943-12-26 | Scharnhorst | A total of 55 torpedoes and 2,195 shells are fired at German Battlecruiser Scharnhorst. At 19:45 hours she sinks, her propellers still turning. Of a total complement of 1,968 men, only 36 survived. | Read about 'Scharnhorst ' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Scharnhorst ' | |
| 1943-12-26 | 1944-04-22 | Cape Gloucester | The second amphibious landing of the U.S. 1st Marine Division, after Guadalcanal. The marines captured and expanded the Japanese military airfield at Cape Gloucester, further isolating the Japanese base at Rabaul. | Read about 'Cape Gloucester' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Cape Gloucester' |
| 1943-12-24 | Eisenhower SCAEF | Dwight D Eisenhower is appointed as Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary Force. He became responsible for planning and supervising the invasion of France and Germany in 194445 | Read about 'Eisenhower SCAEF' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Eisenhower SCAEF' | |
| 1943-12-20 | 1943-12-28 | Battle of Ortona | battle fought between German 1st Parachute Division and assaulting 1st Canadian Infantry Division. It was the culmination of the fighting on the Adriatic front in Italy during "Bloody December". | Read about 'Battle of Ortona' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Battle of Ortona' |
| 1943-12-16 | Orsogna Counterattack | At 3:15 German troops from the 6th Parachute regiment counter-attacked 1st NZ Battalion troops but were repelled and retired by daylight. | Read about 'Orsogna Counterattack' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Orsogna Counterattack' | |
| 1943-12-13 | Kalavryta Massacre | Extermination of the male population and the subsequent total destruction of the town of Kalavryta, in Greece, by German occupying forces. | Read about 'Kalavryta Massacre' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Kalavryta Massacre' | |
| 1943-12-05 | Operation Crossbow | Allies launch a concerted campaign to counter Axis long range weapon programs, the V-1 and V-2 "flying bombs". | Read about 'Operation Crossbow' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Operation Crossbow' | |
| 1943-12-04 | Wartime Employment | U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt closes down the Works Progress Administration, because of the high levels of wartime employment in the United States. | Read about 'Wartime Employment' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Wartime Employment' | |
| 1943-12-04 | Yugoslav Government | Tito was named President of the National Committee of Liberation. While most of the country was still occupied by the Axis, Tito proclaimed a provisional democratic Yugoslav government. | Read about 'Yugoslav Government' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Yugoslav Government' |
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