Table of Data Points
1943-02-18 | White Rose Arrested | Hans and Sophie Scholl, ringleaders of the anti-war White Rose movement, are into Gestapo custody. The other active members of the movement are soon arrested and interrogated. | Read about 'White Rose Arrested' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'White Rose Arrested' | ||
1943-02-14 | Rostov-on-Don | Soviet troops re-enter Rostov-on-Don, a strategic railway junction, river port and gateway to the Caucus oil-fields. It would take 10 years to repair the damage to the city. | Read about 'Rostov-on-Don' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Rostov-on-Don' | ||
1943-02-14 | 1943-02-17 | Sidi Bou Zid | US troops from the 1st Armoured Division CCA (Combat Command A), CCB and CCC is forced to retreat after losing losing 46 medium tanks, 130 vehicles and 9 self-propelled guns. | Read about 'Sidi Bou Zid' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Sidi Bou Zid' | |
1943-02-08 | Soviets take Kursk | Soviet troops enter Kursk. | Read about 'Soviets take Kursk' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Soviets take Kursk' | ||
1943-01-31 | Paulus Surrenders | Field Marshal Paulus surrenders the 6th army at Stalingrad and, referring to Hitler's expectations of suicide or holding out to the last man, says "I have no intention of shooting myself for this Austrian corporal". | Read about 'Paulus Surrenders' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Paulus Surrenders' | ||
1943-01-23 | Tripoli Captured | With Rommel withdrawing to the French-built southern defenses of Tunisia, the Mareth Line, following the Second Battle of El Alamein. The British 8th Army enter Tripoli. | Read about 'Tripoli Captured' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Tripoli Captured' | ||
1943-01-18 | Warsaw Uprising Launched | The Jewish effort to prevent the remaining Warsaw Ghetto population being moved to Treblinka extermination camp begins. | Read about 'Warsaw Uprising Launched' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Warsaw Uprising Launched' | ||
1942-12-22 | V-2 Development Begins | Adolf Hitler signs the order to develop the V-2 rocket as a weapon. | Read about 'V-2 Development Begins' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'V-2 Development Begins' | ||
1942-12-12 | 1942-12-23 | Winter Storm | Efforts by General Manstein to break through to the encircled 6th army at Stalingrad. Hitler's explicit order that the 6th army not break out of Stalingrad and Paulus's refusal to disobey that order doomed the attempt. | Read about 'Winter Storm' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Winter Storm' | |
1942-11-22 | Sixth Army surrounded | General Friedrich Paulus sends Adolf Hitler a telegram saying that the German 6th army is surrounded. | Read about 'Sixth Army surrounded' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Sixth Army surrounded' |
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