31 events found for 1943
After suffering train derailments, defections, and outbreaks of dysentery and typhoid fever which killed two members, th
Second World War: The Royal Navy submarine HMS Seraph began Operation Mincemeat to deceive Germany about the upcoming in
Second World War: Australian Hospital Ship Centaur was attacked and sunk by a Japanese submarine off the coast of Queens
Second World War: The Royal Air Force's "Dambusters" squadron embarked on an attack on German dams using bouncing bombs
The Luttra Woman (skull pictured), a bog body from the Early Neolithic period, was discovered near Luttra, Sweden
Eight German Junkers Ju 88s shot down British Overseas Airways Corporation Flight 777 over the Bay of Biscay off the coa
World War II: The Royal Air Force began Operation Bellicose, a four-day shuttle-bombing mission that included raids on G
The aircraft carrying Władysław Sikorski, prime minister of the Polish government-in-exile, crashed off Gibraltar,…
World War II: The Battle of Saipan concluded after a mass Japanese suicide attack was repelled by American forces.
World War II: German and Soviet forces engaged each other at the Battle of Prokhorovka (tanks pictured), one of the…
World War II: Operation Fustian, an Allied operation to capture the Primosole Bridge in Sicily, was launched.
The all-female Emilia Plater Independent Women's Battalion was formed in the Soviet Union's First Polish Army.
The Grand Council of Fascism voted a motion of no confidence against Benito Mussolini, who was arrested the same day…
As the Surprise Hurricane struck Texas, a United States Army Air Forces pilot made the first reconnaissance flight…
Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt met in a highly secret military conference (pictured) held in Quebec City.
World War II: The Royal Air Force began a strategic bombing campaign against Nazi Germany's V-weapon programme by…
Ian Stephens, editor of The Statesman, defied British censorship to publish pictures of death and misery (example…
Second World War: A decisive Soviet victory against German forces at the Battle of Kursk gave the Red Army the…
World War II: American and Australian airborne forces landed at Nadzab as part of the New Guinea campaign against Japan.