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Timeline of World War II (1943)

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30: In Malaya, Japanese introduce Government Notification No. 41, encouraging families to grow their own food crops and vegetables. Families who were successful would be awarded prizes, while families failed to comply with this notification or left their vacant lands unplanted would be punished. This
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with large loss of life. Bodies of 21 sailors and marines washed up on the Island of Guernsey. Buried with full military honours by the German Occupation authorities, allowing around 5,000 Islanders to attend and lay some 900
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comes to an end with the official surrender of the German 6th Army. The German public is informed of this disaster, marking the first time the Nazi government has acknowledged a failure in the war effort.
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division on the Greek island of Cephallonia surrenders to the Germans. During the next days, over 4,500 Italians are executed and a further 3,000 are lost during transport at sea.
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4: The only large-scale escape of Allied prisoners-of-war from the Japanese in the Pacific takes place when ten American POWs and two Filipino convicts break out of the
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17: Devastating convoy losses in the Atlantic due to increased U-boat activity; the middle of the Atlantic is apparently not sufficiently covered by planes or ships.
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8: Japanese forces begin to evacuate Kiska Island in the Aleutians, their last foothold in the Western hemisphere. The event is almost to the year of their landing.
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30: With the Gestapo starting to round up Danish Jews, certain Danes are secretly sending their Jewish countrymen to Sweden by means of dangerous boat crossings.
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discuss the eventual invasion of mainland Europe, the impending invasion of Sicily and Italy, and the wisdom of the principle of "unconditional surrender".
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1: 22,750,000 British men and women are either in the services or Civil Defence or doing essential war work, according to the U.K. Ministry of Labour.
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24: Continuing attacks against the Ruhr industrial valley. One result is the evacuation of large numbers of German civilians from the area.
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are carried out by RAF 617 Squadron on three German dams, the Möhne, Eder and Sorpe. The Ruhr war industries lose electrical power.
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of the territories which have been overrun or brought under enemy control" and to take measures to restore property after the war.
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to discuss war strategy; (on 30 November they establish an agreement concerning a planned June 1944 invasion of Europe codenamed
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begins; the largest tank battle in human history and part of the Battle of Kursk, it is the pivotal battle of Operation Citadel.
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26: The British break through the Mareth line in southern Tunisia, threatening the whole German army. The Germans move north.
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asks that General Stilwell, American military advisor/commander, be recalled for suggesting an alliance with the Communists.
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stage a mass escape/uprising when they are ordered to cover up evidence of a mass-murder. Most are rounded up and killed.
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28: A new conscription law in Germany: men between 16 and 65 and women between 17 and 50 are open to mobilization.
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with Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill taking part. The discussions are mostly on future strategy.
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5: Eighteen countries issue a declaration in London stating their determination to "combat and defeat the
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carry out a covert attack against a German merchantship, which had been transmitting Allied positions to
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ends. The ghetto has been destroyed, with about 14,000 Jews killed and about another 40,000 sent to the
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28: Allies attempt to close the mid-Atlantic gap in the war against the U-boats with long-range bombers.
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12: Rommel is appointed head of "Fortress Europa", chief planner against the expected Allied offensive.
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26: The British finally take "Longstop Hill" in Tunisia, a key position on the breakout road to Tunis.
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orders the majority of U-boats to withdraw from the Atlantic because of heavy losses to new Allied
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is finally secured; it is the first major achievement of the American offensive in the Pacific war.
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in Poland seep to the West; reports say that more than 22,000 prisoners of war were killed by the
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9: The Japanese begin a three-day massacre of civilians; about 30,000 Chinese are killed in the
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16: British forces land on various Italian-held Greek islands in the Aegean Sea, beginning the
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in the southern Philippines. The escaped POWs were the first to break the news of the infamous
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17: Allies bomb Sicily and the Italian mainland, as signs increase of a forthcoming invasion.
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7: In the United States, it is announced that shoe rationing will go into effect in two days.
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12: Mussolini is rescued by aircraft from mountaintop captivity by German SS troops led by
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5: Swedish government announces it will no longer allow German troops and war material to
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24: The Casablanca Conference ends; Allies insist on unconditional surrender from Germany.
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notification was written by Itami Masakichi (Penang Shu Chokan) on 25 November 2603/1943.
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25: Mussolini is arrested and relieved of his offices after a meeting with Italian King
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13: Rommel launches a counter-attack against the Americans in western Tunisia; he takes
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in northeastern New Guinea. Lae falls into Australian hands and Australian troops take
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27: General Eisenhower is officially named head of Overlord, the invasion of Normandy.
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causing only light damage and killing 131. The RAF lose nine aircraft and 53 aviators.
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3: Some 43,000 Jews were shot by Germans at three camps in German-occupied Poland in
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Neapolitans complete their uprising and free Naples from German military occupation.
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in the heel of the Italian "boot". Allied strategy aims at a "drive" up the "boot".
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11: The Germans enter Kharkov and the fierce struggle with the Red Army continues.
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continue fighting and promotes Paulus to Field Marshal in order to bolster morale.
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shore guns. The American public is shocked by the heavy losses of life on Tarawa.
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3: A secret Italian Armistice is signed and Italy drops out of the war. Mainland
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is sunk off North Cape (in the Arctic) by a British force led by the battleship
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30: The last Japanese have cleared out of Guadalcanal undetected by U.S. forces.
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21: Last airfield at Stalingrad is taken by Red Army forces, ensuring that the
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13: Hitler calls off the Kursk offensive, but the Soviets continue the battle.
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16: Anti-German resistance in Italy increases; there are explosions in Milan.
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13: The Salerno beachhead is in jeopardy, as German counterattacks increase.
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21: The battle of the Solomons can now be considered at an unofficial end.
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ends with the surrender of the British and Italian forces to the Germans.
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in the Aleutian Islands in an attempt to expel occupying Japanese forces.
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becomes the Inspector-General of the Armoured Troops for the German Army.
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9: The Allies land at Salerno, Italy; meanwhile the British troops take
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in Operation Gomorrah, which at the time is the heaviest assault in the
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will be unable to supply German troops any further; Hitler demands that
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captured by British First Army. Meanwhile, the Americans take Bizerte.
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transporting Belgian Jews to Auschwitz. It is the largest attack on a
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3: Racial tensions between American Marines and New Zealand troops of
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off Bougainville, but the Japanese are unable to land reinforcements.
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1: Allies continue to squeeze the Germans into the corner of Tunisia.
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28: In Burma, Chinese troops have some success against the Japanese.
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14: Heavy bombers hit Tarawa, in the Gilbert Islands in the Pacific.
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Harbour in neutral Portugal's protectorate, the Indian territory of
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is promoted to Marshal as the Stalingrad struggle grinds to a close.
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27: Huge civilian losses in Berlin as heavy bombing raids continue.
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of the U.S. Congress. He praises the partnership of the two Allies.
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21: Americans take the Russell Islands, part of the Solomons chain.
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5: German advances around Kharkov threaten earlier Red Army gains.
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22: Allies bomb Sicily and Sardinia, both possible landing sites.
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begins: inexperienced American troops are soon forced to retreat.
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proclaims a provisional democratic Yugoslav government in-exile.
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6: German troops start pouring in to take over Italy's defences.
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forces intercept Japanese attempting to reinforce a garrison at
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in Greece becomes the first city in Europe to be liberated from
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List of significant events occurring during World War II in 1943
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31: Heavy rains in Italy slow the Allied advance south of Rome.
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starts (until December 1944) in the Belgian African colony of
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23: Heavy damage from Allied bombing of Berlin. Notably, the
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1: Allies close in on the cornered Germans in the Tunis area.
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of mass graves of Poles purportedly killed by Soviets in the
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and other atrocities committed by the Japanese to the world.
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23: The USAAF orders the first 100 examples of the planned
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26: American Marines land on Cape Gloucester, New Britain.
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16: Polish Jews begin a resistance with scant weaponry in
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delivers his classic "Orchestrated Hell" broadcast over
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The state of the Allies and Axis powers in December 1943
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damaged, by German torpedo boats off the North coast of
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5: The Allies now have all of Libya under their control.
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and "part-Gypsies" are to be put "on the same level as
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26: Germans assault the island of Leros, beginning the
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11: German and Italian forces begin to evacuate Sicily.
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German propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels declares a "
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Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany
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to Hitler, who approves the project for top priority.
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Strategic operations of the Red Army in World War II
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26: The Red Army offensive in the Ukraine continues.
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The state of the Allies and Axis powers in July 1943
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8: Continuing German counter-attacks around Kharkov.
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in a failed attempt to knock out the Vatican radio.
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is selected to command the Allied armies in Europe.
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The Allies take over 250,000 prisoners. 4226: 4224: 4222: 4220: 4218: 4216: 4214: 4212: 4210: 4208: 4206: 4204: 4202: 4200: 4198: 4196: 4194: 4192: 4190: 4188: 4186: 4184: 4182: 4180: 4178: 4176: 4174: 4172: 4170: 4168: 4166: 4164: 4162: 4160: 4158: 4156: 4154: 4152: 4150: 4148: 4146: 4144: 4142: 4140: 4138: 4136: 4134: 4132: 4130: 4128: 4126: 4124: 4122: 4120: 4118: 4116: 4114: 4112: 3563:: Rangoon is bombed by American heavy bombers. 2653:in Crete that will continue for two more days. 2105:six-engined intercontinental strategic bomber. 894:, the large naval base, is the primary target. 4467: 4110: 4108: 4106: 4104: 4102: 4100: 4098: 4096: 4094: 4092: 3261:: General De Gaulle becomes President of the 2426:, martial law replaced the Danish government. 1370:23: American tanks defeat the Germans at the 572: 456: 8: 1655:15: The French form a "Resistance Movement". 1467:13: Radio Berlin announces the discovery by 882:27: 50 bombers mount the first all American 3728:2: The Germans conduct a highly successful 3020:underground, led by Polish-Jewish prisoner 2743:from the Italians, the previous occupiers. 841:: Japanese continue their fight in western 732:start an offensive aimed at taking far-off 53:Learn how and when to remove these messages 6318: 5377: 4566: 4474: 4460: 4452: 2944:The Japanese execute 98 American civilians 2587:, the disarmament of Italian armed forces. 1484:officially rejects Soviet terms for peace. 1453:declares war on Germany, Japan, and Italy. 1169:successfully attack the heavy water plant 579: 565: 474: 463: 449: 279: 3812:is retaken in a large Red Army offensive. 3281:, mocking the German strategic situation. 2552:4: Soviet Union declares war on Bulgaria. 1835:opens with landings by the United States 1441:7: Hitler and Mussolini come together at 795:attacks a Japanese convoy 286 miles from 768:rise up for the first time, starting the 268:Learn how and when to remove this message 203:Learn how and when to remove this message 150:Learn how and when to remove this message 7768:United States military history timelines 4024: 4022: 4020: 4018: 4016: 4014: 4012: 4010: 4008: 4006: 4004: 4002: 4000: 3998: 3996: 3994: 3992: 3990: 3988: 3986: 3984: 3982: 3980: 3978: 3976: 3974: 3972: 3970: 3968: 3966: 3964: 3962: 3960: 3958: 3956: 3954: 3952: 3950: 3948: 3946: 3944: 3942: 3940: 3938: 3936: 3934: 3932: 3930: 3928: 3926: 3924: 3922: 3398:General Secretary of the Communist Party 3042:19: The German War Office contracts the 2971:takes the oath of office as chairman of 2739:27: The Germans take over the island of 1957: 1147:of the White Rose movement are executed. 698:; they also renew attacks in the north ( 616:timeline of events that occurred during 245:of all important aspects of the article. 3920: 3918: 3916: 3914: 3912: 3910: 3908: 3906: 3904: 3902: 3898: 3263:French Committee of National Liberation 3219:: British troops, in Italy, reach the 2396:19: Roosevelt and Churchill signed the 1758:is again under American control as the 1301:occupation, after a campaign fought by 647:2: Americans and Australians recapture 599:, graves of U.S. Marines killed in the 484: 477: 400: 361: 289: 282: 6299:Romanian prisoners in the Soviet Union 3536:24: Heavy bombing of Berlin continues. 2774:, sensing the approach of the Allies, 2356:: Heavy loss of Allied bombers in the 2234:: Japan declares independence for the 1847:. It will not be secured until August. 1843:in the Solomon Islands, beginning the 1288:Greek People's Liberation Army or ELAS 241:Please consider expanding the lead to 7170:Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign 6602:Japanese invasion of French Indochina 6248:Italian prisoners in the Soviet Union 6204:Finnish prisoners in the Soviet Union 5309:Rape during the occupation of Germany 2579:8: Eisenhower publicly announces the 2424:Occupation of Denmark by Nazi Germany 2092:22: U.S. forces under Patton capture 1999:6: U.S. and Japanese ships fight the 1305:, the Greek People's Liberation Army. 825:and his staff surrender in Stalingrad 7: 6292:Polish prisoners in the Soviet Union 5324:Rape during the liberation of France 4234:. andrew.etherington. Archived from 1152:22: Japanese POWs refuse to work at 99:"Timeline of World War II" 1943 88:adding citations to reliable sources 4055:Commission for Looted Art in Europe 3396:(28 November 1943): Left to right: 3259:9: Allies take Castiglione, Italy. 2915:is liberated by Free French forces. 2275:George S. Patton slapping incidents 1119:movement, an anti-Nazi youth group. 839:23: British capture Tripoli, Libya. 6518:German invasion of the Netherlands 4798:Weather events during World War II 3780:13: German soldiers carry out the 3275:of the collaborationist newspaper 2984:begins a bombing campaign against 2264:is rammed in two and sunk off the 1975:dies in an air crash in Gibraltar. 1817:13: Heavy US aircraft losses over 1785:becomes Commander-in-Chief of the 1261:is formed in China, under General 901:: Georgy Zhukov awarded the first 14: 7149:Northern Burma and Western Yunnan 2583:to the Allies. The Germans enact 1736:becomes Chief Medical Officer in 1616:11: American and Canadian troops 1383:Battle of the Komandorski Islands 1074:, but is later driven out in the 982:, establishing his troops at the 603:, burning Allied ships after the 34:This article has multiple issues. 7709: 4396:The Private Life of Chairman Mao 3803:arrives in the European Theater. 3699: 3692: 3688: 3668: 3661: 3657: 3232:in a two-day "Harvest Festival". 3167: 3160: 3156: 3136: 3129: 3125: 2847: 2840: 2836: 2816: 2809: 2805: 2566:, just west of the port city of 2503: 2496: 2492: 2472: 2465: 2461: 2411:Operation Polkovodets Rumyantsev 2343:when they run out of ammunition. 2195: 2188: 2184: 2164: 2157: 2153: 1938: 1931: 1927: 1907: 1900: 1896: 1852:23: American troops land in the 1749:, causing heavy civilian losses. 1589:2: Japanese aircraft again bomb 1458:10: The British 8th Army enters 1154:Featherston prisoner of war camp 1109:speech at the Berlin Sportpalast 745:declares war on the Axis powers. 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two-night bombing of 693:an all-out offensive attack on 662:plundering by the enemy Powers 243:provide an accessible overview 1: 6796:Japanese invasion of Thailand 6747:Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran 6511:German invasion of Luxembourg 4892:Mediterranean and Middle East 4232:"Chronology of World War Two" 3215:Battle of Empress Augusta Bay 3213:ships fight the inconclusive 2931:Naval Battle of Vella Lavella 2778:against the German occupiers. 2079:targeting of Friedrichshafen 1687:17: The Germans launch their 1324:16: The first reports of the 1061:is liberated by the Red Army. 6703:Invasion of the Soviet Union 6392:Occupation of Czechoslovakia 5710:Independent State of Croatia 3794:arrives in European Theater. 3766:, resistance leader Marshal 3510:, to discuss ways to defeat 3196:land on Bougainville in the 2962:arrives in European Theater. 2920:5: The Allies cross Italy's 2433:Northwest African Air Forces 2326:Land Battle of Vella Lavella 1870:30: American troops land on 1050:Battle of the Kasserine Pass 436:Surrender of the Axis armies 7687:End of World War II in Asia 7527:Western invasion of Germany 7034:Chinese famine of 1942–1943 7011:Second Battle of El Alamein 6581:Hundred Regiments Offensive 6553:Battle of the Mediterranean 6406:Italian invasion of Albania 4580:Air warfare of World War II 3643: 3444:Janowska concentration camp 3111: 2791: 2678:19: German troops evacuate 2447: 2139: 1882: 1837:4th Marine Raider Battalion 1252:: Munich is heavily bombed. 868:arrives in Pacific Theater. 7784: 7753:Chronology of World War II 7613:Naval bombardment of Japan 6981:First Battle of El Alamein 6900:Battle of Christmas Island 6845:Japanese invasion of Burma 6609:Italian invasion of Greece 6525:German invasion of Belgium 6497:German invasion of Denmark 6470:1939–1940 Winter Offensive 6339:Second Italo-Ethiopian War 4603:Comparative military ranks 4276:"Wednesday, April 7, 1943" 4076:"Sunday, January 31, 1943" 3753:nighttime bombing raid on 3303:Allied Expeditionary Force 3018:Sobibor extermination camp 3012:Second Raid on Schweinfurt 3010:reached the target in the 2083:is the first bombing of a 1980:5: Operation Citadel (the 1973:General Władysław Sikorski 1808:12: The Italian island of 1202:Battle of the Bismarck Sea 715:of Allied leaders begins. 597:Battle of the Bismarck Sea 7702: 7534:Bratislava–Brno offensive 7465:Dutch famine of 1944–1945 7089:Allied invasion of Sicily 6949:Aleutian Islands campaign 6921:Zhejiang-Jiangxi campaign 6859:Greek famine of 1941–1944 6754:Second Battle of Changsha 6659:German invasion of Greece 6504:Battle of Zaoyang–Yichang 4846:North and Central Pacific 4489: 4442:Documents of World War II 4416:"Kuomintang News Network" 4351:"Sunday, August 15, 1943" 3592:, British Prime Minister 3551:Battle of Cape St. George 3523:on Bismarckstraße in the 3494:, British Prime Minister 3475:and take heavy fire from 3373:sinks surfaced submarine 2904:conquer the island of Kos 2721:25: The Red Army retakes 2714:German battleship Tirpitz 2622:11: British troops enter 2613:10: German troops occupy 2131:to form a new government. 2110:24: Hamburg, Germany, is 2023:Allied invasion of Sicily 2021:10: Operation Husky (the 1706:addresses a joint session 939:in command of the German 873:26: Soviet troops retake 691:10: Soviet troops launch 595:Clockwise from top left: 431:United Kingdom home front 284:Timelines of World War II 7758:1943 in military history 7126:Allied invasion of Italy 7103:Solomon Islands campaign 6852:Third Battle of Changsha 6449:First Battle of Changsha 6355:Second Sino-Japanese War 5295:German military brothels 5161:United States war crimes 4432:Timeline For World War 2 4400:. 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Roosevelt 3492:Franklin D. Roosevelt 3457:United States Marines 3442:19: Prisoners of the 3408:Franklin D. Roosevelt 3391: 3194:United States Marines 2339:. The leaders commit 2288:: Russians recapture 2273:3: The first of two " 2054:Battle of Prokhorovka 1961: 1638:13: Remaining German 1575: 1415:origin result in the 1287: 1185: 955: 821: 721:Franklin D. Roosevelt 713:Casablanca Conference 594: 7763:World War II by year 7583:Surrender of Germany 7061:Battle of West Hubei 7018:Guadalcanal campaign 6988:Battle of Stalingrad 6914:Battle of Madagascar 5688:Albania protectorate 5475:(formerly Swaziland) 5184:Wehrmacht war crimes 5000:Expulsion of Germans 4784:Art and World War II 4682:British contribution 4631:Governments in exile 3894:Notes and references 3819:Dwight D. Eisenhower 3349:hydro-electric power 2651:Holocaust of Viannos 2374:V-2 rocket facility. 2345:: U.S. troops enter 2303:Battle of Vella Gulf 2220:: Oil refineries at 2218:Operation Tidal Wave 1986:: Conclusion of the 1845:New Georgia Campaign 1372:Battle of El Guettar 1263:Claire Lee Chennault 1236:Calcutta Light Horse 1163:Operation Gunnerside 1098:formally create the 1033:Dwight D. Eisenhower 970:Battle of Stalingrad 958:Dwight D. 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