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September 1943 in Europe

  • Smolensk operationThe second Smolensk operation began on the 7th of August 1943. General Andrei Yeremenko commanded the Kalinin Front while Vasily Sokolovsky led the Western…
  • Allied invasion of ItalyBritish Prime Minister Winston Churchill called Italy the soft underbelly of the axis in November 1942. He argued that invading would remove Italy from the…
  • Armistice of CassibileOn the 25th of July 1943, the Grand Council of Fascism met in Rome to vote on a motion that would topple Benito Mussolini.
  • Gran Sasso raidOn the night of the 24th of July 1943, the Grand Council of Fascism passed a motion of no confidence against prime minister Benito Mussolini.
  • Operation AchseOn the 9th of May 1943, two days after the fall of Tunis to Allied forces, the German High Command informed the Italian Supreme Command that three new units…