WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO NOVEMBER 1943
Find out what all happened January to November 1943

World War II: The VIII Bomber Command dispatched ninety-one B-17s and B-24s to attack the U-Boat construction yards at Wilhelmshaven, Germany. This was the first American bombing attack on Germany of the war. (27. January 1943)

The USAT Dorchester is sunk by a German U-boat. Only 230 of 902 men aboard survived. The Chapel of the Four Chaplains, dedicated by President Harry Truman, is one of many memorials established to commemorate the Four Chaplains story. (3. February 1943)

The Holocaust: German forces liquidate the Jewish ghetto in Kraków. (13. March 1943)

Joseph Stalin disbands Comintern. (22. May 1943)

World War II: Bombing of the Vatican. (5. November 1943)

World War II: HMT Rohna is sunk by the Luftwaffe in an air attack in the Mediterranean north of Béjaïa, Algeria. (26. November 1943)

World War II: The Battle of Stalingrad comes to conclusion as Soviet troops accept the surrender of 91,000 remnants of the Axis forces. (2. February 1943)

World War II: Operation Vengeance, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is killed when his aircraft is shot down by U.S. fighters over Bougainville Island. (18. April 1943)

World War II: The new government of Italy sides with the Allies and declares war on Germany. (13. October 1943)

The Smith Mine #3 in Bearcreek, Montana, explodes, killing 74 men. (27. February 1943)

World War II: Allied invasion of Sicily – German and Italian troops launch a counter-attack on Allied forces in Sicily. (11. July 1943)

World War II: Greek submarine Papanikolis captures the 200-ton sailing vessel Agios Stefanos and mans her with part of her crew. (17. January 1943)

José P. Laurel takes the oath of office as President of the Philippines (Second Philippine Republic). (14. October 1943)

The world's largest office building, The Pentagon, is dedicated in Arlington, Virginia. (15. January 1943)

The Parícutin volcano begins to form in Parícutin, Mexico. (20. February 1943)

World War II: Operation Husky – Allied forces perform an amphibious invasion of Sicily. (9. July 1943)

Frank Nitti, the Chicago Outfit Boss after Al Capone, commits suicide at the Chicago Central Railyard. (19. March 1943)

World War II: The Allies land at Salerno and Taranto, Italy. (9. September 1943)

Italian-American anarchist Carlo Tresca is assassinated in New York. (11. January 1943)

World War II: The Soviet counter-offensive at Voronezh begins. (15. January 1943)