World War II Time line-1943

• Feb 2 - The last German forces in Stalingrad surrender
• May 13 - The long North Africa campaign ends. The Allies control North Africa
• May 22 - 41 German U-boats sunk in 3 weeks. Doenitz retreats all U-boats from the North atlantic
• Jul 5 - The battle of Kursk begins
• Jul 10 - The Allies invade Sicily
• Jul 25 - Mussolini is replaced and arrested.
• Aug 10 - The Germans know the Enigma was decoded, but believe the new types and procedures are safe again.
• Sep 3 - The Allies invade Italy's mainland
• Sep 8 - Italy surrenders. The German forces in northern and central Italy occupy it
• Sep 25 - The Russians liberate Smolensk
• Oct - Allied anti submarine bases established in the Azores, in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean
• Nov 6 - The Russians liberate Kiev
• Nov 19 - The Marines land in Tarawa
• Nov - Rommel takes command of the "atlantic wall" in the French coast
• Dec - P-51 fighters provide all-the-way long range escort to bombers over Germany