What Happened in Sep 1943

Frankford Junction Train Wreck

One hundred and fifty persons were reported killed and more than 90 injured in the wreck of the Congressional Limited, fastest train of the... Read more

Gulf Hotel Fire

Forty-eight men perished when fire swept a small, ancient hotel here today. Forty-four of them never got out of the three-story Gulf Hotel at... Read more

Third Stage of the Battle of Smolensk (1943)

In the week from 7 September to 14 September, Soviet troops were once again reinforced and were preparing for another offensive. The next... Read more

Declaration of Armistice Between Italy and Allied Forces

Today, it is announced that an armistice with Italy has been concluded. This was a great victory for the United Nations -- but it was also a... Read more

Joseph Stalin Reestablishes The Russian Orthodox Church

The catastrophic course of combat in the beginning of World War II forced Stalin to mobilize all the national resources for defense, including the... Read more

Mussolini Rescued from Prison by German Paratroopers in Gran Sasso Raid

On 25 July 1943, a few weeks after the allied invasion of Sicily and bombing of Rome, the Italian Grand Council of Fascism voted to depose... Read more

Germany Commences Weeklong Massacre of the Acqui Division (Cephalonia Massacre)

The massacre started on 21 September, and lasted for one week. After the Italian surrender, Hitler had issued an order allowing the Germans to... Read more

Formation of the Pro-German Faction, Italian Social Republic (RSI), Following Italy's Armistice with Allied Forces

Upon Mussolini's rescue from Italian arrest, Adolf Hitler ordered Mussolini to form a new fascist state or else he would destroy Milan, Genoa and... Read more

Battle of Leros Begins with German Attack

The German forces assembling for Unternehmen Leopard ("Operation Leopard") under the command of Generalleutnant Müller, comprised... Read more

Second Day of the 'Four Days of Naples'

On September 28, going to increase over time the number of citizens who joined Napolitain the first fighters, the fighting intensified, in the... Read more

Third Day of the 'Four Days of Naples'

On the third day of fierce clashes in the streets of Naples, the organization dell'insurrezione was still left to individual capipopolo... Read more

Fourth Day of the 'Four Days of Naples'

While the German troops had already begun the evacuation of the city for the arrival of Anglo-American forces from Nocera Inferiore, in the city is... Read more