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Germans Cornered
Allies close in on the cornered Germans in the Tunis area -
Period: to
May 1943
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Japanese Bombing
Japanese aircraft bomb Darwin, Australia once again -
Victory for America and Britain
The British Army captures Tunis, while the Americans take Bizerte -
The Changjiao Massacre
The Japanese start a a three-day massacre of civilians and a body count of 30,000 Chinese -
Invasion of Attu Island
American troops invade the Aleutians island in order to drive the Japanese out -
The Trident Conference
Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill discuss future strategy -
Surrender in North Africa
German and Italian troops surrender to the Allies; totaling 250,000 prisoners -
The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
The ghetto is destroyed and 14,000 Jews are killed and 40,000 are sent to the death camp Treblinka -
German Offense
The Germans launch their fifth major offense against Tito's partisans in Yugoslavia -
Joint Session
Winston Churchill addresses a joint session of US Congress praising the Allies -
Allies Bombing
The Allies bomb both Sicily and Saradinia, both believed to be landing sites -
U-boats Withdraw
The Germans removed the U-boats from the Atlantic due to the new Allied anti-sub tactics. It becomes known as Black May -
RAF Bombing
The RAF bombs Wuppertal causing major civilians casualties -
Attu Island Part 2
The Americans gain control of Attu island -
American Bombing
The US bombs Naples using B-17 Bombers