31 events found for 1943
World War II: Nazi forces began a mass extermination campaign against the civilian residents of around 20 villages on…
World War II: Australian troops led by Gordon Grimsley King defeated Imperial Japanese forces at the Battle of Kaiapit…
Second World War: The German Army began the Massacre of the Acqui Division on the Greek island of Cephalonia,…
World War II: Allied forces executed Operation Leader, an air raid against German shipping near Bodø, Norway.
World War II: The Kempeitai, the military police arm of the Imperial Japanese Army, arrested and tortured fifty-seven…
World War II: During the second raid on Schweinfurt, the U.S. 8th Air Force suffered so many losses that it lost air…
The Holocaust: Prisoners at Sobibor extermination camp revolted, killing 11 SS officers and staging a mass escape.
The Second Philippine Republic, a Japanese puppet state, was established with Jose P. Laurel as its first president.
The Holocaust: The Gestapo conducted a raid on the Roman Ghetto, capturing 1,259 members of the Jewish community, most…
Pere Areny, convicted of the murder of his brother, became the last person to be executed by Andorra.
World War II: Allied aircraft sank the German cargo ship Sinfra, killing mostly Italian POWs.