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 | 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' | |
| 1943-07-24 | 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' |
| 1943-07-09 | 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' |
| 1943-05-29 | 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' | |
| 1943-05-03 | Operation Corkscrew | The Royal Navy began bombing Pantelleria in preparation for it's capture. The radar installations and airfields on the island presented a real threat to the following invasion of Sicily. | Read about 'Operation Corkscrew' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Operation Corkscrew' | |
| 1943-04-18 | Operation Vengeance | The mission, based on decrypted intelligence data, specifically designed to kill the commander of the combined fleet of the Japanese Navy, Isoroku Yamamoto. His plane was intercepted and shot down by US army fighters operating from Henderson Field. | Read about 'Operation Vengeance' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Operation Vengeance' | |
| 1943-04-07 | USS Aaron Ward Sunk | Caught in a massive air raid (part of operation I-Go), the destroyer was sunk after receiving multiple direct and near hits from Val dive bombers. | Read about 'USS Aaron Ward Sunk' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'USS Aaron Ward Sunk' |
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