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1943: SUMMARY OF THE YEAR
Jan 10: Beginning of final attack by Russians at Stalingrad.
Jan 12: Second phase of Soviet Winter offensive - Germans in retreat
in Southern Russia.
Jan 14: Opening of the Casablanca Conference.
Jan 15: Rommel starts retreat to Tunisia.
Jan 23: Allies enter Tripoli.
Jan 27: First US air raid on Germany at Wilhelmshaven.
Jan 31: Field Marshall von Paulus surrenders at Stalingrad.
Feb 2: Last Germans surrender at Stalingrad.
Feb 8: Russians recapture Kursk.
Feb 14: Germans launch attack on US ground forces near Sidi Bou Zid.
Feb 16: Russians recapture Kharkov.
Feb 19: Rommel carries attack into the Kasserine pass.
Mar 5: RAF Battle of the Ruhr begins.
Mar 6: 8th army deeats Rommel at Kasserine.
Mar 9: Rommel replaced by General Arnim.
Mar 15: Germans recapture Kharkov for the last time.
Mar 19: Anglo-US forces attack and cross the Mareth Line,N.Africa.
May 7: Allies capture Tunis and Bizerta.
May 13: Axis forces surrender in North Africa.
May 14: End of British Arakan offensive against Japanese in Burma.
Jul 4: Germans begin attacks on the Kursk salient.Operation Citadel.
Jul 10: Allies invade Sicily.
Jul 12: Kursk - Major tank battle at Prokhorovka.
Jul 13: Hitler orders hal to Kursk battles.
Jul 13: Beginning of Orel offensive by Soviets.
Jul 14: Red army counter-offensive at Kursk.
Jul 27: Firestorm raid on Hamburg.
Jul 27: Germans start evacuation of Sicily.
Aug 1: Japanese proclaim Burmese independence.
Aug 17: Patton enters Messina, Sicily.
Aug 17: First air raid on Schweinfurt.
Aug 23: Kharkov finally taken by Red Army.
Sep 3: 8th Army crosses Straits of Messina and invades Italy.
Sep 6: Raid on ball bearingplant at Stuttgart.
Sep 8: Italy capitulates - Mussolini overthrown.
Sep 9: Allied landings at Salerno and Taranto.
Sep 14: Second Schweinfurt raid ends in disaster.
Sep 25: Smolensk falls - Germans thrown back.
Oct 1: Allies enter Naples.
Oct 9: Germans evacuate Kuban peninsula, Russia.
Oct 14: Burma - Slim becomes commander of 14th Army.
Nov 6: Kiev is recaptured by the Red Army.
Nov 12: US attack group sails to Gilbert Islands.
Nov 23: US take Makin Island.
Dec 24: Start of Soviet Winter Offensive.