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1943 Following American involvement in the war manufacturers around the US became as efficient at producing war machines as they had been producing other goods with companies like ford and GM managing to change from cars to bombs and aircraft engines and at the same time due to the number of men overseas fighting the war using more women for manufacturing a total of 18 million women were employed. Due to shortages America sees it's first rationing. Italian and German forces surrender in North Africa as the war in Europe starts to turn the Allies way. The Glenn Miller Orchestra provided the most popular music of the time.



How Much things cost in 1943
Average Cost of new house $3,600.00
Average wages per year $2,000.00
Cost of a gallon of Gas 15 cents
Average Cost for house rent $40.00 per month
Bottle Coca Cola 5 cents
Average Price for a new car $900.00


World War II 1943

  • In the United States, it is announced that shoe rationing Canned food, meat, cheese, butter and cooking oils will go into effect
  • German forces liquidate the Jewish ghetto in Krakow.
  • German Afrika Korps and Italian troops in North Africa surrender to Allied forces.
  • British deception plan " The Man Who Never Was" or Operation Mincement executed.
  • Mussolini Resigns in Italy
  • Budapest more than 2,000 citizens sent to Concentration Camps
  • America takes control of Guadalcanal
  • The Allied leaders of Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union meet for the first time in Iran
  • The Dambuster Raids by RAF 617 Sqdn on 17th May on German dams
  • Warsaw Jewish Ghetto Uprising against the Nazi's
  • The British and Americans bomb Hamburg on July 24th causing a firestorm that kills 42,000 German civilians.
  • Future President Lt. John F. Kennedy's command the PT-109 is sunk by a Japanese destroyer
  • US General Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes the supreme Allied commander




What Events Happened in 1943

  • Great Depression ends in the United States: With unemployment figures falling fast due to World War II-related employment
  • The Works Progress Administration ( PWA ) designed to provide jobs during the Great Depression of the 1930's is ended.
  • Thomas Jefferson Memorial in Washington D.C is Completed
  • Due to shortages in Copper the U.S. one-cent coin is struck in steel
  • Montana Coal and Iron Company Explosion Kills 74
  • Bengal, India famine leaving up to 3 million dead.
  • Lebanon Gains Independence From France
  • "Pay As You Go tax" introduced in US
  • Car Tax Registration introduced in US
  • The Pentagon in Washington D.C. is Completed




Popular Culture

  • The Golden Globe Awards Start

    • Popular Films

    • For Whom the Bell Tolls


    • Heaven Can Wait


    • Lassie Come Home


    • The Titanic 1943

    Popular Music

    • Frank Sinatra
    • " In The Mood " By Glenn Miller


    • Oklahoma Musical Opens on Broadway

    Born This Year 1943

    Steve Miller October 5th

    Chevy Chase October 8th

    Billie Jean King November 22nd

    Janis Joplin January 19th



    Technology

    • Development of the Colossus computer by British to break German encryption


    Inventions Invented by Inventors and Country ( or attributed to First Use )
    Aqualung France by J Cousteau and E Gagnon



    Major World Political Leaders 1943

    Australia Prime Minister John Curtin

    Brazil President Getúlio Vargas

    Canada Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King

    Germany Chancellor Adolf Hitler

    Italy Prime Minister Benito Mussolini Till 25 July

    Italy Prime Minister Marshal Pietro Badoglio From 25 July

    Japan Prime Minister Hideki Tojo

    Mexico President Manuel Ávila Camacho

    Russia / Soviet Union
    General Secretary of the Central Committee Joseph Stalin

    South Africa Prime Minister Field Marshal Jan Christiaan Smuts

    United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt

    United Kingdom Prime Minister Winston Churchill



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