93 events found for 1943
World War II: Thirteen civilians are burnt alive by a paramilitary group in Crete during the Nazi occupation of Greece.
World War II: Around 30 civilians are executed by Friedrich Schubert's paramilitary group in Kallikratis, Crete.
World War II: Marshal Pietro Badoglio announces that Italy has officially declared war on Germany.
World War II: Prisoners at Sobibor extermination camp covertly assassinate most of the on-duty SS officers and then…
World War II: The United States Eighth Air Force loses 60 of 291 B-17 Flying Fortresses during the Second Raid on…
World War II: The Second Philippine Republic, a puppet state of Japan, is inaugurated with José P. Laurel as its…
The Burma Railway (Burma–Thailand Railway) is completed.
Nazi Holocaust in Poland: Sobibór extermination camp is closed.
The cargo vessel Sinfra is attacked by Allied aircraft at Crete and sunk. Two thousand and ninety-eight Italian…
Streptomycin, the first antibiotic remedy for tuberculosis, is isolated by researchers at Rutgers University.
World War II: The Provisional Government of Free India is formally established in Japanese-occupied Singapore.
World War II: In the second firestorm raid on Germany, the British Royal Air Force conducts an air raid on the town of…