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General Discussion / Re: The Most and the Least Lively Years of War
« on: 25-12-2009, 22:12:59 »
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Im not home right now so I cant use my all knowing WW2 book, so I just use the Wiki article of the year 1943 to give you an general overview of what happend in 1943
January 15
The Japanese are driven off Guadalcanal.
January 18
WWII: Soviet officials announce they have broken the Wehrmacht's siege of Leningrad.
January 23
WWII: British forces capture Tripoli from the Italians.
February 2
the Battle of Stalingrad comes to an end with the surrender of the German 6th Army.
February 8
Battle of Guadalcanal: United States forces defeat Japanese troops.
February 14
Rostov-na-Donu, Russia is liberated.
Battle of the Kasserine Pass: German General Erwin Rommel and his Afrika Korps launch an offensive against Allied defenses in Tunisia; it is the United States' first major battle defeat of the war.
February 16
The Soviet Union reconquers Kharkov
March 8
American forces are attacked by Japanese troops on Hill 700 in Bougainville, in a battle that will last 5 days.
March 26
Battle of the Komandorski Islands: In the Aleutian Islands, the battle begins when United States Navy forces intercept Japanese troops attempting to reinforce a garrison at Kiska.
May 11
American troops invade Attu in the Aleutian Islands, in an attempt to expel occupying Japanese forces.
May 13
German Afrika Korps and Italian troops in North Africa surrender to Allied forces.
bal bla bla
just read it yourself, there is a lot of potential
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1943
Im not home right now so I cant use my all knowing WW2 book, so I just use the Wiki article of the year 1943 to give you an general overview of what happend in 1943
January 15
The Japanese are driven off Guadalcanal.
January 18
WWII: Soviet officials announce they have broken the Wehrmacht's siege of Leningrad.
January 23
WWII: British forces capture Tripoli from the Italians.
February 2
the Battle of Stalingrad comes to an end with the surrender of the German 6th Army.
February 8
Battle of Guadalcanal: United States forces defeat Japanese troops.
February 14
Rostov-na-Donu, Russia is liberated.
Battle of the Kasserine Pass: German General Erwin Rommel and his Afrika Korps launch an offensive against Allied defenses in Tunisia; it is the United States' first major battle defeat of the war.
February 16
The Soviet Union reconquers Kharkov
March 8
American forces are attacked by Japanese troops on Hill 700 in Bougainville, in a battle that will last 5 days.
March 26
Battle of the Komandorski Islands: In the Aleutian Islands, the battle begins when United States Navy forces intercept Japanese troops attempting to reinforce a garrison at Kiska.
May 11
American troops invade Attu in the Aleutian Islands, in an attempt to expel occupying Japanese forces.
May 13
German Afrika Korps and Italian troops in North Africa surrender to Allied forces.
bal bla bla
just read it yourself, there is a lot of potential
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1943