What Happened in Mar 1943

Construction is Completed on Kaiserwald Concentration Camp

Kaiserwald was a Nazi German concentration camp near the Riga suburb of Mežaparks in Latvia. Kaiserwald was built in March, 1943, during the... Read more

15th Academy Awards

The 15th Academy Awards was held in the Cocoanut Grove at The Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. Best Picture honors went to the film Mrs. Miniver.... Read more

Germans Begin Deportations of Thessaloniki Jews

On March 15, 1943, the Germans began deporting the Jews from Thessaloniki. Every three days, freightcars crammed with an average of 2,000... Read more

Allied Forces Begin Operation Strangle to Disrupt German Supply Routes in Italy

Operation Strangle was a series of air operations during the Italian Campaign of World War II by the United States Fifteenth and Twelfth Air Forces... Read more

"The More The Merrier" Is Released

The More the Merrier is a 1943 comedy film made by Columbia Pictures which makes fun of the housing shortage during World War II, especially in... Read more

Battle of the Komandorski Islands

When dawn broke on the morning of March 26, the American task force was east of the International Date Line, (so it was actually March 27) 180... Read more

Wyoming Beats Georgetown in NCAA Men's Basketball Championship

The 1943 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 8 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of... Read more