1943
1943 – Nineteen-
14 – January – The Casablanca Conference
31 January – Hitler promotes von Paulus to field marshal in hopes that he would not surrender to the Russians at Stalingrad
2 February – Last pockets of German resistance surrender in Stalingrad
3 – 5 March – Battle of Bismark Sea
18 April – Admiral Yamamoto, who planned the attack on Pearl Harbor, is shot down and killed
19 April – Massacre of Jewish people in the Warsaw ghetto
12 May – General von Arnim surrenders the Afrikacorpse to the allies in Tunisia
16 – 17 May – Operation Point blanck, the British dam buster raid on the Eder and Möhne dames, takes place
30 June – Operation Cartwheel begins
10 July – Operation Husky begins
17 August – U.S. 3rd Infantry Division under Patton enters Messina
17 – 18 August – RAF bombs rocked factories at Peenemunde
3 September – General Giuseppe Castellano signs secret surrender of Italy to the allies
9 September – Operation Avalanche. The invasion of Italy
10 September – The Germans occupy Rome
13 October – Italy declares war on Germany
20 November – Amphibious assault by Americans on Tarawa
7 December – Eisenhower is given responsibility on the Mediterranean theatre
