WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO JULY 1943
Find out what all happened January to July 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: Benito Mussolini is forced out of office by his own Italian Grand Council and is replaced by Pietro Badoglio. (25. July 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)

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

In Los Angeles, California, white U.S. Navy sailors and Marines clash with Latino youths in the Zoot Suit Riots. (3. June 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: The Kraków Ghetto is "liquidated". (14. March 1943)

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

World War II: Battle of the Bismarck Sea – United States and Australian forces sink Japanese convoy ships. (2. March 1943)

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

World War II: German Afrika Korps and Italian troops in North Africa surrender to Allied forces. (13. May 1943)

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

World War II: German forces begin a massive offensive against the Soviet Union at the Battle of Kursk. Also known as Operation Citadel (5. July 1943)

World War II: The Battle of Kursk, the largest full-scale battle in history and the world's largest tank battle, begins in Prokhorovka village. (4. July 1943)

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

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

Holocaust: The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising ends. (16. May 1943)

The Holocaust: Jews in the Częstochowa Ghetto in Poland stage an uprising against the Nazis. (25. June 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)