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12 April 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.
5 sourced entries for this date.
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Entries
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Tunisia
18 Army Group: It is agreed that U.S. II Corps will remain under command of 18 Army Group rather than Br First Army, but First Army is to issue the necessary orders for U.S.
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UK Parliament
Lend-lease and Reciprocal Aid (House of Commons)
Official record of proceedings in the House of Commons, sitting of 1943-04-12: "Lend-lease and Reciprocal Aid." Source: Hansard (Open Parliament Licence v3.0)
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Pacific Theater
THOR mission records show at least 130 Allied sorties (19 recorded unit missions) in the Pacific Theater on 1943-04-12, flown by USAAF 7th Air Force, USAAF 5th Air Force.
Source US Air Force THOR (opens external site)
THOR is a secondary compilation with known gaps, not a complete record.
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Mediterranean Theater
THOR mission records show at least 225 Allied sorties (30 recorded unit missions) in the Mediterranean Theater on 1943-04-12, flown by USAAF 9th Air Force, USAAF 12th Air Force, RAF.
Source US Air Force THOR (opens external site)
THOR is a secondary compilation with known gaps, not a complete record.
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