3 Jun 1943

- The first fruits of victory reached British shops in the form of Algerian wine. ww2dbase [CPC]
- Operation Cottbus: German forces attacked partisans in Barysaw (Borisov), Byelorussia. ww2dbase [CPC]
- French Resistance saboteurs destroyed 300 tons of tires in the Michelin factory at Clermont-Ferrant. ww2dbase [The French Resistance | CPC]
- The US South Pacific command published Operation Plan 14-43 for the capture of Japanese-held islands in the central Solomon Islands. US Navy Rear Admiral Richmond Turner was named the overall commanding officer, and the largest contingent under his command would be the US Army 43rd Division. ww2dbase [Richmond Turner | CPC]
- All Japanese resistance on Attu, Aleutian Islands ceased. ww2dbase [Aleutian Islands Campaign | Attu | CPC]
- Operation Toenails: The Allies invaded New Georgia, Solomon Islands. ww2dbase [Solomon Islands Campaign | New Georgia | CPC]
- German forces discovered 150 Jews hiding in a bunker in the Warsaw ghetto in Poland. They went on to destroy the bunker and killed all people within. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Warsaw | CPC]
- USS S-35 departed Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington, United States. ww2dbase [Puget Sound Navy Yard | S-35 | Bremerton, Washington | CPC]


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