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 | 1943-07-12 | Prokhorovka | Wehrmacht's fourth panzer army clashed with the Soviet 5th Guards Tank Army in one of the largest tank battles in history. German force included 456 tanks and 137 assault guns against some 850 soviet tanks. | Read about 'Prokhorovka' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Prokhorovka' | |
| 1943-07-12 | 1943-07-13 | Kolombangara | A costly tactical victory for the IJM. Their force of destroyers manage to land 1200 troops on Villa, heavily damaging three US cruisers with torpedoes, with the loss of the light cruiser Jintsu. | Read about 'Kolombangara' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Kolombangara' |
| 1943-07-09 | 1943-08-17 | Operation Husky | The largest amphibious operation of the war in terms of men landed on the beaches and of frontage. Strategically, Husky achieved the goals set out for it by Allied planners. The Allies drove Axis air and naval forces from the island | Read about 'Operation Husky' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Operation Husky' |
| 1943-07-04 | 1943-08-23 | Kursk | Soviet intelligence of German intentions contributed to the failure of German armoured spearheads to encircle the Soviet Kursk salient. | Read about 'Kursk' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Kursk' |
| 1943-06-12 | Berezhany Ghetto | At dawn 1,180 Jews are led to the city's Jewish cemetery in Okopysko and shot. A single survivor, Menachem Katz, escaped and described the massacre. | Read about 'Berezhany Ghetto' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Berezhany Ghetto' | |
| 1943-06-08 | Mutsu blows up | At 12:13 the magazine for her number 3 turret exploded, ripping the ship in two. Her forward section sunk quickly with the after part staying afloat till about 2am. The exact cause of the internal explosion is still unknown. | Read about 'Mutsu blows up' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Mutsu blows up' | |
| 1943-05-29 | Wuppertal Bombed | The RAF bomb Wuppertal, dropping 1,900 tons of explosives. | Read about 'Wuppertal Bombed' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Wuppertal Bombed' | |
| 1943-05-16 | 1943-05-17 | Dambuster Raids | Operation Chastise was the official name for attacks carried out by RAF 617 Squadron on German dams using a specially developed "bouncing bomb". The Mohne and Eder dams were breached, causing catastrophic flooding of the Ruhr valley. | Read about 'Dambuster Raids' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Dambuster Raids' |
| 1943-05-16 | Rome Bombed | Allied planes bomb Rome for the first time. Bombing of Rome was controversial because of the importance of catholics in the US armed forces. | Read about 'Rome Bombed' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Rome Bombed' | |
| 1943-05-14 | AHS Centaur Sunk | Australian Hospital Ship Centaur is sunk by a Japanese submarine I-177. Of the 332 civilian crew and medical personal, 268 are killed. | Read about 'AHS Centaur Sunk' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'AHS Centaur Sunk' |
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