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1 January 1943
What happened on this day in the Second World War, from 1939 to 1945, with a source for every entry.
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Each day we list events from the Second World War that happened on that date, from 1939 to 1945. Every entry names its source and links to it, so you can read further. Entries are sourced and machine-screened before they go up, a subset is human-reviewed, and we add more over time.
6 of 13 sourced entries for this date, chosen by the editor.
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Entries
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New Guinea
Urbana Force attacks toward Buna Mission from SE and from the spit after heavy preparatory fire, but makes little progress. In evening Japanese are seen swimming from the Mission.
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And his staff surrender in Stalingrad.
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Nikolayevka
Breakout of Italian forces at the Battle of Stalingrad in 1943.
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Smolensk
Recapture of the city by the Soviet 39th, 43rd and 10th Guards armies.
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1943 Chindit expedition against the Japanese army in Burma.
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1 January in other years 19401941194219441945
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