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 | 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' |
| 1943-08-03 | 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' | |
| 1943-08-02 | Treblinka Revolt | Prisoners seized small arms, sprayed kerosene on all the buildings and set them ablaze. A number of guards were killed but many more prisoners perished. Of 1,500 prisoners, about 600 managed to escape the camp, but only 40 are known to have survived.. | Read about 'Treblinka Revolt' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Treblinka Revolt' | |
| 1943-07-25 | Mussolini removed | On the previous day The Grand Council of Fascism votes to oust Benito Mussolini as prime minister of Italy. Mussolini ignores the vote of no confidence, is summoned by King Victor Emmanuel III and then arrested. | Read about 'Mussolini removed' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Mussolini removed' | |
| 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' | |
| 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' |
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