Video: 'Quebec Conference' (Aug. 25, 1943, at 8:26)
(Wednesday, August 25, 1943; during World War II) — U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt told the people of Canada today that if Adolf Hitler and his generals had attended the First Quebec Conference they would have realized that “surrender would pay them better now than later.” Continue reading Roosevelt warns Nazis to surrender now 70 years ago today (1943)
(Wednesday, August 25, 1943; part of the Pacific Theater of World War II) — U.S.-led Allied troops today liberated New Georgia in the Solomon Islands from Japanese forces during the New Georgia Campaign.
Video: 'Quebec Conference' (Aug. 24, 1943, at 7:55)
(Tuesday, August 24, 1943,; during World War II) — The First Quebec Conference (codenamed “QUADRANT”), a highly secret military conference between the British, Canadian and United States governments, concluded today in Quebec City, Canada. Continue reading Roosevelt, Churchill conclude First Quebec Conference 70 years ago today (1943)
Video: 'The World At War: Morning 1/5' (Aug. 17-24, 1943, at 3:17)
(Tuesday, August 17, 1943,; during World War II) — The First Quebec Conference (codenamed “QUADRANT”), a highly secret military conference between the British, Canadian and United States governments, began today in Quebec City, Canada.
Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt (hosted by Canada’s prime minister, William Lyon Mackenzie King) would agree to begin discussions for the planning of the invasion of France and an increase in the bombing offensive against Germany.
There were also discussions about improving the coordination of efforts to develop an atomic bomb.
Video: 'General George S. Patton 360°: Rogue General - S1E4 (part 3/4) Full History Channel Documentary' (Aug. 10, 1943, at 1:33)
(Tuesday, August 10, 1943; during the Allied invasion of Sicily, part of the Italian Campaign of World War II) — For the second time in a week, General George S. Patton, Jr., struck a U.S. Army soldier today after losing his temper. Continue reading Patton slaps second soldier in a week, calling him a ‘God-damned coward’ 70 years ago today (1943)
Video: 'The World At War: Red Star The Soviet Union 5/5' (Aug. 5, 1943, at 5:50)
(Thursday, August 5, 1943; during the Battle of Kursk on the Eastern Front of World War II) — Soviet troops broke into Belgorod early this morning and liberated the city in the evening. Soviet troops also recaptured Orel from German forces after a 23-day battle.
Video: 'Franklin D. Roosevelt's War Progress Report'
(Wednesday, July 28, 1943, 9:30 p.m. EWT; during the Allied invasion of Sicily, part of the Italian Campaign of World War II) — During a speech on the fall of Italy’s fascist dictator Benito Mussolini, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt informed the nation that “the first crack in the Axis has come.” He also announced the end of coffee rationing, which had limited people to one pound of coffee every five weeks since it began in November 1942.
Video: 'Allied invasion of Sicily' (July 22, 1943, at 33:05)
(Thursday, July 22, 1943, 7:00 p.m. local time; during the Allied invasion of Sicily, part of the Italian Campaign of World War II) — The American 7th Army led by Gen. George S. Patton tonight captured Palermo, the Sicilian capital. Americans had cut off 50,000 Italian troops in the west, but Germans were escaping to the northeastern corner of the island.
Video: 'Kursk-Battle for Prokhorovka.flv'
(Monday, July 12, 1943, 6:50 a.m. local time; during the Battle of Prokhorovka, part of the Battle of Kursk on the Eastern Front of World War II) — The battle of Prokhorovka between German invaders and Soviet defenders, regarded as one of the largest tank battles in military history, took place today with no clear victor.
Video: 'The World At War: Japan 3/5' (June 5, 1943, at 7:17)
(Saturday, June 5, 1943; part of the Pacific Theater of World War II) — Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, commander-in-chief of the Japanese Combined Fleet and mastermind of the sneak attack on the U.S. fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, was given a full state funeral today and posthumously received the title of Marshal and was awarded the Order of the Chrysanthemum, (1st Class). Continue reading State funeral held for Admiral Yamamoto, mastermind of Pearl Harbor attack, 70 years ago today (1943)
