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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.
  • 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 German dams
  • Warsaw Jewish Ghetto Uprising against the Nazi's
  • The British bomb Hamburg causing a firestorm that kills 42,000 German civilians.
  • 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
  • Thomas Jefferson Memorial in Washington D.C is Completed
  • Montana Coal and Iron Company Explosion Kills 74
  • The Pentagon in Washington D.C. is Completed


  • Lebanon Gains Independence From France


    • 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

    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