WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO MARCH 1943
Find out what all happened January to March 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 world's largest office building, The Pentagon, is dedicated in Arlington, Virginia. (15. January 1943)

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

World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill conclude a conference in Casablanca. (24. January 1943)

World War II: The Battle of Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse, and the Sea Horse on Guadalcanal during the Guadalcanal campaign ends. (23. 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)

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

World War II: General Dwight D. Eisenhower is selected to command the allied armies in Europe. (11. 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)

First flight of Gloster Meteor jet aircraft in the United Kingdom. (5. March 1943)

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

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

World War II: Battle of the Kasserine Pass in Tunisia begins. (19. February 1943)

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

World War II: Red Army troops re-enter Kharkov. (16. February 1943)

World War II: Attempting to completely lift the Siege of Leningrad, the Soviet Red Army engages German troops and Spanish volunteers in the Battle of Krasny Bor. (10. February 1943)

World War II: Tunisia Campaign – General Hans-Jürgen von Arnim's Fifth Panzer Army launches a concerted attack against Allied positions in Tunisia. (14. February 1943)

Wehrmacht officer Rudolf von Gersdorff plots to assassinate Adolf Hitler by using a suicide bomb, but the plan falls through. Von Gersdorff is able to defuse the bomb in time and avoid suspicion. (21. March 1943)