23 Jun 1943
British Western Pacific Territories
![British General Harold Alexander and US Rear Admiral Alan Kirk aboard USS Ancon off Mers El Kébir, Algeria, 23 Jun 1943](/images/imagemagick/tmb_person_alexander2.jpg)
![British General Harold Alexander, US Lieutenant General George Patton, and US Rear Admiral Alan Kirk aboard USS Ancon off Mers El Kébir, Algeria, 23 Jun 1943](/images/imagemagick/tmb_person_alexander3.jpg)
British Western Pacific Territories
- US Marine Corps squadron VMSB-132, equipped with SBD dive bombers, was assigned to Henderson Field on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. ww2dbase [Henderson Field | Lunga Point, Guadalcanal | CPC]
- Destroyer Yukikaze departed Truk, Caroline Islands to escort cruiser Nagara to Nauru. ww2dbase [Yukikaze | Truk | CPC]
- USS Harder attacked a Japanese transport south of Japan, hitting her with 1 of 4 torpedoes. ww2dbase [Harder | CPC]
- All Jewish ghettos in the Galicia region of southeastern Poland and Ukraine were liquidated; 430,329 Jews were deported from this region. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | CPC]
![British General Harold Alexander and US Rear Admiral Alan Kirk aboard USS Ancon off Mers El Kébir, Algeria, 23 Jun 1943](/images/imagemagick/tmb_person_alexander2.jpg)
![British General Harold Alexander, US Lieutenant General George Patton, and US Rear Admiral Alan Kirk aboard USS Ancon off Mers El Kébir, Algeria, 23 Jun 1943](/images/imagemagick/tmb_person_alexander3.jpg)
![British aerial reconnaissance photo of Test Stand VII, Peenemünde, Germany, 23 Jun 1943](/images/imagemagick/tmb_facility_peenemunde21.jpg)
23 Jun 1943 Interactive Map
Timeline Section Founder: Thomas Houlihan
Contributors: Alan Chanter, C. Peter Chen, Thomas Houlihan, Hugh Martyr, David Stubblebine
Special Thanks: Rory Curtis
Please consider supporting us on Patreon. Even $1 per month will go a long way! Thank you. Please help us spread the word: Stay updated with WW2DB: |
Change View
Desktop ViewSearch WW2DB
News
- » WW2DB's 20th Anniversary (29 Dec 2024)
- » Wreck of USS Edsall Found (14 Nov 2024)
- » Autumn 2024 Fundraiser (7 Nov 2024)
- » Nobel Peace Prize for the Atomic Bomb Survivors Organization (11 Oct 2024)
- » See all news
Random Photograph
Newly completed Bren guns at the John Inglis and Company factory, Toronto, Canada, 1940sCurrent Site Statistics
- » 1,150 biographies
- » 337 events
- » 44,162 timeline entries
- » 1,243 ships
- » 350 aircraft models
- » 207 vehicle models
- » 376 weapon models
- » 123 historical documents
- » 260 facilities
- » 470 book reviews
- » 28,655 photos
- » 431 maps
Famous WW2 Quote
"Goddam it, you'll never get the Purple Heart hiding in a foxhole! Follow me!"Captain Henry P. Jim Crowe, Guadalcanal, 13 Jan 1943