12 Feb 1943
- German engineering firm J. A. Topf und Söhne sent a letter to Auschwitz Concentration Camp in Poland, confirming that it had received the order to build Crematoriums II and III at the camp. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | CPC]
- Soviet troops captured Rostov, Russia. ww2dbase [TH]
- German troops fell back from Krasnodar to the Kuban defensive positions in southern Russia. ww2dbase [Caucasus Campaign | TH]
- USS Mingo was commissioned into service with Lieutenant Commander Ralph Lynch, Jr. in command. ww2dbase [Mingo | CPC]
- Pogy was commissioned into service. ww2dbase [Pogy | CPC]
- Maximilian von Weichs stepped down as the commanding officer of German Armeegruppe B. ww2dbase [Maximilian von Weichs | CPC]
- Comandante Cappellini sighted an illuminated ship in the Atlantic ocean at 1216 hours; she failed to close the distance and gave up the pursuit at 2319 hours. ww2dbase [Comandante Cappellini | CPC]
- Repair ship Akashi began repairing destroyer Maikaze at Truk, Caroline Islands. ww2dbase [Akashi | Truk | CPC]
- Juzan Maru, Shinkyo Maru, and Aratama Maru, with troops on board, sailed out of Qingdao, China, with Yugure in escort. ww2dbase [Yugure | Qingdao, Shandong | CPC]
- Jews from the Bialystok ghetto in Poland began to be deported to Treblinka Concentration Camp. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Bialystok | CPC]

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