Jul 22 General George S. Patton leads American troops to capture Palermo, Sicily, during WWII.

Jul 10 Naval gunfire help Allied troops land on Sicily. It was first extensive use of LST's and smaller landing craft to deliver heavy equipment over the beach.

Jul 13 The birth of The Battle of Kursk, largest tank battle in history, ends

Jul 25 With American and British forces racing across Sicily, Italian King Emmanuel III, acting under the recommendation of the Fascist Grand Council, dismissed Fascist leader Benito Mussolini and placed him under arrest

Jul 24 Revolt in Italy; Mussolini is deposed by Badoglio.

Jul 22 Allied forces captured Palermo, Sicily

Jul 02 Lt Charles Hall, becomes first black pilot to shoot down Nazi plane

Mar 22 Dutch work week extended to 54 hour

Mar 06 Sukarno asks for cooperation with Japanese occupiers

Mar 07 General-Major Patton arrives in Djebel Kouif Tunisia

Mar 19 Airship Canadian Star torpedoed &sinks

Mar 17 The ships, Aldemarin (Ned) and Fort Cedar Lake (US) torpedoed and sink

Mar 23 German counter attack on US lines in Tunisia

Mar 27 Assassination attempt on Van de Peat at Amsterdams census bureau

Mar 16 Flight Lieutenant WE Newton awarded posthumously the Victoria Cross Newton was the only member of the RAAF to win the Victoria Cross in the Pacific war

Mar 22 Crematorium II at Birkenau is now ready for use.

Mar 25 97% of all Dutch physicians strike againt Nazi registration

Mar 02 Canadian budget introduces unique PAY , PAY, PAY AND pay-as-you-earn income tax system.

Mar 31 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "Oklahoma!" opens on Broadway

Mar 29 Meat, butter & cheese rationed in US during WWII (784 gram/week, 2 kilogram for GI's)

Mar 08 Limited gambling legalized in Mexico

Mar 26 The first woman to receive air medal (US army nurse Elsie S Ott)

Mar 31 US errantly bombs Rotterdam, kills 326

Mar 05 RAF bombs Essen Germany

Mar 03 Bomb falls into London shelter; 173 die

Mar 07 Navy representatives witnessed landing trials of the XR-4 helicopter aboard the merchant tanker Bunker

Mar 18 Red Army evacuates Belgorod

Mar 26 Battle of Komandorski Islands, Pacific Ocean

Mar 15 Red Army evacuates Kharkov

Mar 27 US begins assault on Fondouk-pass, Tunisia

Mar 03 F Ryerson & Cohn Claues' "Harriet", premieres in New York NY

Mar 09 Greek Jews of Salonika are transported to Nazi extermination camps

Mar 06 Battle at Medenine, North-Africa; Rommels assault attack

Mar 01 Jewish old age home for disabled in Amsterdam raided

Mar 07 US first Armour division occupies Ferryville Tunisia

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