WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO FEBRUARY 1943
Find out what all happened January to February 1943

Joseph Goebbels delivers his Sportpalast speech. (18. February 1943)

World War II: German Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus surrenders to the Soviets at Stalingrad, followed 2 days later by the remainder of his Sixth Army, ending one of the war's fiercest battles. (31. January 1943)

World War II: Members of the White Rose resistance, Sophie Scholl, Hans Scholl, and Christoph Probst are executed in Nazi Germany. (22. February 1943)

World War II: Rostov-on-Don, Russia is liberated. (14. February 1943)

World War II: Battle of the Kasserine Pass in Tunisia begins. (19. February 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)

World War II: Australian and American forces finally defeat the Japanese army in Papua. (23. January 1943)

The Saturday Evening Post publishes the first of Norman Rockwell's Four Freedoms in support of United States President Franklin Roosevelt's 1941 State of the Union address theme of Four Freedoms. (20. February 1943)

Warsaw Ghetto Uprising: The first uprising of Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto. (18. January 1943)

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

World War II: Japan begins Operation Ke, the successful operation to evacuate its forces from Guadalcanal during the Guadalcanal Campaign. (14. January 1943)

World War II: Imperial Japanese Navy forces complete the evacuation of Imperial Japanese Army troops from Guadalcanal during Operation Ke, ending Japanese attempts to retake the island from Allied forces in the Guadalcanal Campaign. (7. February 1943)

Duke Ellington plays at Carnegie Hall in New York City for the first time. (23. January 1943)

World War II: Allied authorities declare Guadalcanal secure after Imperial Japan evacuates its remaining forces from the island, ending the Battle of Guadalcanal. (9. February 1943)

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

The first day of the Battle of Rennell Island, U.S. cruiser Chicago is torpedoed and heavily damaged by Japanese bombers. (29. January 1943)

World War II: Second day of the Battle of Rennell Island. The USS Chicago is sunk and a U.S. destroyer is heavily damaged by Japanese torpedoes. (30. January 1943)

World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill begin the Casablanca Conference to discuss strategy and study the next phase of the war. (14. January 1943)

Greek Resistance: The United Panhellenic Organization of Youth is founded is Greece. (23. February 1943)