World War 2 - 1943AD
In 1943AD:
The German Sixth Army surrendered at Stalingrad; 100,000 were taken prisoner.
Churchill and Roosevelt met at Casablanca to plan their war strategy.
The British and American armies linked up in Africa; 250,000 Axis prisoners were taken.
The Russians defeated the Germans at Kursk in the largest tank battle in history.
The Allied armies invaded Sicily.
Mussolini was deposed; Marshal Badoglio assumed power in Italy.
American aircraft joined the RAF in round the clock bombing of Germany.
The Germans suppressed a revolt by Polish Jews; the Warsaw ghetto was destroyed.
The Allies invaded the southern tip of Italy.
Marshal Badoglio signed an armistice with the Allies; Italy declared war on Germany.
German paratroopers rescued Mussolini.
The Russian offensive reached the Dnepr River; Kiev and Smolensk were recaptured.
Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin met at the Tehran Conference.
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