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 | 1943-02-18 | Sportpalast speech | Joseph Goebbels delivers a speech calling for total war to a large, carefully-selected audience. This speech was the first indication to the German people that Nazi Germany was seriously threatened. | Read about 'Sportpalast speech' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Sportpalast speech' | |
| 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' | |
| 1943-01-29 | 1943-01-31 | Battle of Wau | Australian defenders had been greatly reinforced by air. In the battle that followed, despite achieving tactical surprise by approaching from an unexpected direction, the Japanese attackers were unable to capture Wau. | Read about 'Battle of Wau' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Battle of Wau' |
| 1943-01-29 | 1943-01-30 | Rennell Island | Japanese air attacks on a U.S. task force sink a heavy cruiser and damage a destoryer. The rest of the U.S. task force was forced to retreat from the southern Solomons area. As a result Japanese forces were able to safely evacuate Guadalcanal. | Read about 'Rennell Island' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Rennell Island' |
| 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' |
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