Graphic Year of 
1943
| Graphic Year of |
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| 1943 |
| Jan 2-3 German Army retreats from Caucasus 10: Red Army begins siege of German-occupied Stalingrad 14-23: Roosevelt and Churchill meet at Casablanca, issue unconditional surrender demand 23: British forces take Tripoli 27: U.S. Air Force opens daylight bombing campaign with attack on Wilhelmshaven,Germany |
Feb 2: German Sixth Army at Stalingrad surrenders to the Russians; war reaches its turning point 8: Red Army takes Kursk 14-25: Battle of Kasserine Pass fought in North Africa between German and U.S. forces 16: Red Army retakes Kharkov |
Mar 2: Afrika Korps withdraws from Tunisia 15: Germany Army recaptures Kharkov 16-20: German submarines achieve their largest tonnage total of the war |
| Apr 19: S.S. begins "liquidation" of the Warsaw ghetto |
May 7: Allies capture Tunisia 13: Axis troops in North Africa surrender 16-17: RAF targets German industry in the Ruhr 22: U-boat operations suspended in the North Atlantic |
June 11: Nazis order destruction of Polish ghettos |
| July 5: Largest tank battle in history begins at Kursk 9-10: Allied forces land on Sicily 19: Allied air forces bomb Rome 22: American forces take Palermo, Sicily July 24 RAF bombs Hamburg July 25-26 Mussolini and the Fascists overthrown July 27-28 Allied bombing raid creates firestorm in Hamburg, Germany |
Aug 2-17: Axis forces withdraw from Sicily 17: USAF bombs ball-bearing plants at Regensburg and Schweinfurt, Germany 23: Red Army retakes Karkhov |
Sept 8: New government announces Italian surrender 9: Allied forces land in Salerno and Taranto, Italy 11: German Army occupies Rome 12: Nazi commandos rescue Mussolini 23: Fascist government re-established in Italy |
| Oct 1: Allies take Naples |
Nov 6: Red Army recaptures Kiev 28: "Big Three" of Roosevelt, Stalin and Churchill meet at Tehran |
Dec 24-26: Soviets begin large offensive in Ukraine |
1943