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 | 1943-11-16 | Vemork Heavy Water Bombed | American bombers strike a hydro-electric power facility and heavy water factory in German-controlled Vemork, Norway. 143 B-17 bombers drop 711 bombs, of which at least 600 missed the plant. The damage, however, was quite extensive. | Read about 'Vemork Heavy Water Bombed' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Vemork Heavy Water Bombed' | |
| 1943-11-15 | Porajmos | German SS leader Heinrich Himmler orders that Gypsies are to be put "on the same level as Jews and placed in concentration camps". | Read about 'Porajmos' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Porajmos' | |
| 1943-11-06 | Recapture of Kiev | Soviet Red Army recaptures Kiev. Before withdrawing, the Germans destroy most of the city's ancient buildings. | Read about 'Recapture of Kiev' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Recapture of Kiev' | |
| 1943-11-03 | Wilhelmshafen Harbor | 500 aircraft of the U.S. 8th Air Force devastate Wilhelmshafen harbor in Germany. | Read about 'Wilhelmshafen Harbor ' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Wilhelmshafen Harbor ' | |
| 1943-11-03 | 1943-11-04 | Erntefest Massacre | The Trawniki and Poniatowa labor camps were surrounded by SS and police units. Jews were then taken out of the camps in groups and shot in nearby pits dug for this purpose. At of the two days 42,000 jews had been murdered. | Read about 'Erntefest Massacre' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Erntefest Massacre' |
| 1943-11-01 | USS Borie & U-405 | USS Borrie engages and sinks U-405. This engagement was unique in modern Naval terms. Borrie rammed the U-boat and engaged her crew with small arms fire. USS Borrie sunk the next day from battle damage. | Read about 'USS Borie & U-405' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'USS Borie & U-405' | |
| 1943-10-22 | Kassel Bombed | RAF conducts an air raid on the city of 236,000 people, killing 10,000, rendering 150,000 homeless. Second firestorm raid in Germany. | Read about 'Kassel Bombed' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Kassel Bombed' | |
| 1943-08-17 | SchweinfurtRegensburg | Heavy damage inflicted on the Regensburg target, but at catastrophic loss of 60 bombers lost and many more damaged beyond repair. As a result, the 8th AF was unable to follow up immediately with a second attack that might have crippled German industry. | Read about 'SchweinfurtRegensburg' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'SchweinfurtRegensburg' | |
| 1943-08-17 | Peenemunde Raid | 324 Lancasters, 218 Halifaxes, and 54 Stirlings attacked v-2 rocket development center. 40 aircraft were lost, 29 in the last wave to German fighters. The center was relocated to underground facilities at Mittelwerk. | Read about 'Peenemunde Raid' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Peenemunde Raid' | |
| 1943-08-03 | Patton slaps Kuhl | General George Patton infamously slaps Private Charles Kuhl, who is suffering from battle fatigue, for what he perceives as cowardice. Subsequently on the 10th he slaps another private, Paul Bennett, unders similar circumstances. | Read about 'Patton slaps Kuhl' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Patton slaps Kuhl' |
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