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5 July 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 sourced entries for this date.
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Entries
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Operation Citadel (the Battle of Kursk) begins.
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Conclusion of the National Bands Agreement in occupied Greece, which is to coordinate the actions of the Resistance movement in Greece.
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An Allied invasion fleet sails for Sicily (Operation Husky, July 10, 1943).
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Mediterranean Theater
THOR mission records show at least 114 Allied sorties (66 recorded unit missions) in the Mediterranean Theater on 1943-07-05, flown by USAAF 9th Air Force, USAAF 12th Air Force, RAF. Targets included ITALY, SICILY.
Source US Air Force THOR (opens external site)
THOR is a secondary compilation with known gaps, not a complete record.
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Pacific Theater
THOR mission records show at least 39 Allied sorties (9 recorded unit missions) in the Pacific Theater on 1943-07-05, flown by USAAF 5th Air Force, USAAF 7th Air Force, USAAF 13th 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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