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 | 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 | British in Tunis | As the last remaining German defenders in Tunisia are swept away, British tanks enter Tunis. | Read about 'British in Tunis' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'British in Tunis' | |
| 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' | |
| 1943-04-19 | 1943-05-16 | Warsaw Ghetto Uprising | The Jewish resistance which rose to try and prevent the deportation of the remaining Jews in the Warsaw ghetto to Treblinka extermination camp. The poorly armed and supplied resistance was crushed by German troops. | Read about 'Warsaw Ghetto Uprising' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Warsaw Ghetto Uprising' |
| 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 | Terebovl Massacre | The 1100 Jewish residents of Terebovl, Ukraine are forced to undress to their underwear, marched to the nearby village of Plebanivka and shot. | Read about 'Terebovl Massacre' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Terebovl Massacre' | |
| 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' | |
| 1943-04-01 | 1943-04-19 | Operation I-Go | Admiral Yamamoto conceives a massive aerial counter attack designed to sink allied shipping and destroy allied air power in the Solomons and New Guinea. It was motived largely as a response to losses at Guadalcanal, New Guinea and the Bismarck Sea. | Read about 'Operation I-Go' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Operation I-Go' |
| 1943-03-29 | Gabes captured | The 2nd New Zealand division captures Gabes in Tunisia. "When we were about ten yards away we had reached the top of the slit trench and we killed any of the survivors" | Read about 'Gabes captured' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Gabes captured' | |
| 1943-03-13 | 1943-03-14 | Krakow Ghetto Liquidated | Under the command of Amon Gth the Krakow Ghetto is liquidated. Those deemed unfit for work, some 2,000 Jews, were killed in the streets of the ghetto. Any remaining were sent to Auschwitz. | Read about 'Krakow Ghetto Liquidated' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Krakow Ghetto Liquidated' |
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