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 | 1943-07-22 | Palermo | US troops from Patton's provisional corps enter Palermo during the invasion of Sicily. | Read about 'Palermo' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Palermo' | |
| 1943-07-22 | 1943-08-04 | Munda Point | US troops successfully capture the airfield at Munda Point. Japanese troops subsequently abandon New Georgia entirely. The airfield will prove vital in the following campaign to isolate the major Japanese base at Rabaul. | Read about 'Munda Point' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Munda Point' |
| 1943-07-20 | Bairoko | US Marine Raiders, supported by two United States Army infantry battalions, attacked a Japanese garrison guarding the port of Bairoko on the Dragons Peninsula on New Georgia. The day long assault on the well entrenched defenders failed. | Read about 'Bairoko' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Bairoko' | |
| 1943-07-12 | 1943-07-13 | Kolombangara | A costly tactical victory for the IJM. Their force of destroyers manage to land 1200 troops on Villa, heavily damaging three US cruisers with torpedoes, with the loss of the light cruiser Jintsu. | Read about 'Kolombangara' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Kolombangara' |
| 1943-07-09 | 1943-08-17 | Operation Husky | The largest amphibious operation of the war in terms of men landed on the beaches and of frontage. Strategically, Husky achieved the goals set out for it by Allied planners. The Allies drove Axis air and naval forces from the island | Read about 'Operation Husky' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Operation Husky' |
| 1943-05-16 | Rome Bombed | Allied planes bomb Rome for the first time. Bombing of Rome was controversial because of the importance of catholics in the US armed forces. | Read about 'Rome Bombed' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Rome Bombed' | |
| 1943-05-11 | Battle of Attu Island | US troops land and begin operations to recapture the island. The Japanese defenders under Colonel Yasuyo Yamasaki, do not contest the landings, but dig in on the high ground. | Read about 'Battle of Attu Island' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Battle of Attu Island' | |
| 1943-05-07 | Bizerte falls | Infantry from the American II corp continue their advance to the north and enter Bizerte. Germany resistance in North Africa has effectively ended. | Read about 'Bizerte falls' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Bizerte falls' | |
| 1943-04-18 | Operation Vengeance | The mission, based on decrypted intelligence data, specifically designed to kill the commander of the combined fleet of the Japanese Navy, Isoroku Yamamoto. His plane was intercepted and shot down by US army fighters operating from Henderson Field. | Read about 'Operation Vengeance' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Operation Vengeance' | |
| 1943-04-07 | USS Aaron Ward Sunk | Caught in a massive air raid (part of operation I-Go), the destroyer was sunk after receiving multiple direct and near hits from Val dive bombers. | Read about 'USS Aaron Ward Sunk' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'USS Aaron Ward Sunk' |
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