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14 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.
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Entries
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International Conferences
10-day AngloAmerican conference opens at Anfa, near Casablanca, Morocco, to plan Allied strategy for 1943.
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Libya
30 Corps, Br Eighth Army, moves forward in preparation for assault on Buerat line and drive on Tripoli.
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The Casablanca Conference of Allied leaders begins.
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Japan begins Operation Ke, the successful operation to evacuate its forces from Guadalcanal during the Guadalcanal campaign.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill begin the Casablanca Conference to discuss strategy and study the next phase of the war.
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Pacific Theater
THOR mission records show at least 1 Allied sorties (1 recorded unit missions) in the Pacific Theater on 1943-01-14, flown by USAAF 5th Air Force. Targets included NEW GUINEA.
Source US Air Force THOR (opens external site)
THOR is a secondary compilation with known gaps, not a complete record.
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