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 | 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' | |
| 1943-11-01 | Cape Torokina | At 0710 troops from the 9th and 3rd regiments of the 3rd Marine Division assaulted Cape Torokina along a 8km front. The 270 Japanese troops from the 23rd division were virtually annihilated in the attack. | Read about 'Cape Torokina' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Cape Torokina' | |
| 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' | |
| 1943-08-25 | Bairoko Harbor Falls | US Marines force Japanese troops to abandon their positions around Bairoko Harbour. | Read about 'Bairoko Harbor Falls' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Bairoko Harbor Falls' | |
| 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' | |
| 1943-08-06 | 1943-08-07 | Vella Gulf | Six US destroyers, operating for the first time without the cruiser force, sink 3 Japanese destroyers attempting to reinforce troops on Kolombangara. The US squadron used radar to approach undetected and attacked with torpedoes. | Read about 'Vella Gulf' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Vella Gulf' |
| 1943-07-24 | 1943-08-03 | Operation Gomorrah | A series of day and night bombing raids by the US 8th Air Force and RAF bomber command. The concentrated bombing of the Hamburg town center created firestorms that resulted in the death of at least 50,000 people. | Read about 'Operation Gomorrah' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Operation Gomorrah' |
| 1943-07-23 | Ascianghi Sunk | The italian submarine Ascianghi is sunk after she (or possibly the German sub U-407) torpedoes the HMS Newfoundland. She is forced to surface by depth charges and then sunk by shell fire. | Read about 'Ascianghi Sunk' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Ascianghi Sunk' | |
| 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' |
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