WHAT HAPPENED IN 1943.
Look what happened the 1943.

World War II: A Luftwaffe bombing raid on the harbour of Bari, Italy, sinks numerous cargo and transport ships, including the American SS John Harvey, which is carrying a stockpile of World War I-era mustard gas. (2. December 1943)

World War II: In Yugoslavia, resistance leader Marshal Josip Broz Tito proclaims a provisional democratic Yugoslav government in-exile. (4. December 1943)

World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt closes down the Works Progress Administration, because of the high levels of wartime employment in the United States. (4. December 1943)

World War II: U.S. Army Air Force begins attacking Germany's secret weapons bases in Operation Crossbow. (5. December 1943)

World War II: The Massacre of Kalavryta by German occupying forces in Greece. (13. December 1943)

World War II: The Battle of Arawe begins during the New Britain Campaign. (15. December 1943)

World War II: U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower is named Supreme Allied Commander for the Normandy Invasion. (24. December 1943)

World War II: German warship Scharnhorst is sunk off of Norway's North Cape after a battle against major Royal Navy forces. (26. December 1943)

World War II: After eight days of brutal house-to-house fighting, the Battle of Ortona concludes with the victory of the 1st Canadian Infantry Division over the German 1st Parachute Division and the capture of the Italian town of Ortona. (28. December 1943)

Subhas Chandra Bose raises the flag of Indian independence at Port Blair. (30. December 1943)