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1943 (MCMXLIII) is a common year starting on Friday. 1943 - Events. 1943 - January. January 4 - End of term for Culbert Olson, 29th Governor of California. He is succeeded by Earl Warren. January 11 - The United States and United Kingdom give up territorial rights in China. January 11 - General Juanto dies in Argentina - Ramón Castillo succeeds him January 12 - Jan Campert, Dutch journalist and writer, dies in Neuengamme concentration cam ...

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1943 - January. January 4 - End of term for Culbert Olson, 29th Governor of California. He is succeeded by Earl Warren. January 11 - The United States and United Kingdom give up territorial rights in China. January 11 - General Juanto dies in Argentina - Ramón Castillo succeeds him January 12 - Jan Campert, Dutch journalist and writer, dies in Neuengamme concentration camp January 13 - Richard Moll, actor January 14 - Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes the first Pres ...

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Sturgeon remained there, from 3 March to 15 March, when she departed to again patrol off Makassar City. On 30 March, she sank the cargo ship Choko Maru. On 3 April, one of her torpedoes caught a 750-ton frigate directly under the bridge, and she was officially listed as probably sunk. She then fired three torpedoes at a merchantman but missed. With one torpedo remaining in the bow tubes, she fired and hit the target abreast the foremast. When las ...

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USS Sturgeon SS-187, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - 1938 – 1941, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - First patrol: December 1941, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Second patrol: December 1941 – March 1942, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Third patrol: March – May 1942, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Fourth patrol: June – July 1942, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Fifth patrol: September – October 1942, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Sixth patrol: November 1942 – January 1943, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Seventh and eighth patrols: June – October 1943, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Ninth patrol: December 1943 – January 1944, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Tenth patrol: April – May 1944, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Eleventh patrol: June – August 1944, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - 1944 – 1948

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Sturgeon completed builder's trials in Monterey Bay and began her shakedown cruise on 15 October, visiting ports in Mexico, Honduras, Panama, Peru, Ecuador, and Costa Rica before returning to San Diego, California, on 12 December 1938. She was assigned to Submarine Squadron (SubRon) 6 and operated along the West Coast as far north as Washington. She made two squadron cruises to Hawaii with the Pacific Fleet: from 1 July to 16 August 1939 and from 1 April to 12 July 1940. The submarine departed San Diego on 5 November 1940 for Pear ...

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USS Sturgeon SS-187, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - 1938 – 1941, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - First patrol: December 1941, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Second patrol: December 1941 – March 1942, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Third patrol: March – May 1942, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Fourth patrol: June – July 1942, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Fifth patrol: September – October 1942, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Sixth patrol: November 1942 – January 1943, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Seventh and eighth patrols: June – October 1943, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Ninth patrol: December 1943 – January 1944, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Tenth patrol: April – May 1944, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Eleventh patrol: June – August 1944, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - 1944 – 1948

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Sturgeon was moored in Mariveles Bay on 7 December 1941 during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. She put to sea the next afternoon to patrol an area between the Pescadores Islands and Formosa. A small tanker was sighted the afternoon of 9 December, but it remained out of torpedo range. The submarine found a convoy of five merchantmen accompanied by a cruiser and several destroyers on 18 December. As she came to periscope depth within attack range of the cruiser, she was sighted by one of the escorts approximately 250 yards a ...

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USS Sturgeon SS-187, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - 1938 – 1941, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - First patrol: December 1941, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Second patrol: December 1941 – March 1942, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Third patrol: March – May 1942, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Fourth patrol: June – July 1942, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Fifth patrol: September – October 1942, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Sixth patrol: November 1942 – January 1943, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Seventh and eighth patrols: June – October 1943, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Ninth patrol: December 1943 – January 1944, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Tenth patrol: April – May 1944, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Eleventh patrol: June – August 1944, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - 1944 – 1948

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Eamon de Valera[1] (born Edward George de Valera, sometimes Gaelicised Éamon de Bhailéara; October 14, 1882 – August 29, 1975), was an Irish politician, best known as a leader of Ireland's struggle for independence from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in the early 20th Century, and the Republican ...

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Eamon de Valera - Childhood Eamon de Valera - Early political activity Eamon de Valera - Easter Rising Eamon de Valera - President of Dáil Éireann Eamon de Valera - President of the Republic Eamon de Valera - The Treaty Eamon de Valera - Civil War Eamon de Valera - Entry into the Free State Dáil: the 'empty formula' Eamon de Valera - President of the Executive Council Eamon de Valera - De Valera's new Constitution - Bunreacht na hÉireann Eamon de Valera - Neutrality in World War II
Eamon de Valera - Characteristics Eamon de Valera - Analysis
Eamon de Valera - De Valera and Churchill clash on radio Eamon de Valera - Post-War Period Eamon de Valera - President of Ireland Eamon de Valera - Overview
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Eamon de Valera - First Cabinet March 1932-February 1933 Eamon de Valera - Second Cabinet February 1933-July 1937
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Eamon de Valera - Third Cabinet July 1937-June 1938
Eamon de Valera - Changes
Eamon de Valera - Fourth Cabinet June 1938-July 1943
Eamon de Valera - Changes
Eamon de Valera - Fifth Cabinet July 1943-June 1944 Eamon de Valera - Sixth Cabinet June 1944-February 1948
Eamon de Valera - Changes
Eamon de Valera - Seventh Cabinet June 1951-June 1954 Eamon de Valera - Eighth Cabinet March 1957-June 1959
Eamon de Valera - Changes
Eamon de Valera - See Also

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Sturgeon was at sea again on 28 December 1941 en route to the Tarakan area, off the coast of Borneo. A tanker was sighted southwest of Subutu Island on 17 January 1942, but all three torpedoes missed and the ship escaped. On the night of 22 January, Sturgeon was alerted by Pickerel (SS-177) that a large convoy was headed her way in Makassar Strait. A few minutes later, her sonar picked up the pings of ships dead astern. She submerged and fired four torpedoes at a large ship, with two explosions following. The submarine was then subjected to a ...

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USS Sturgeon SS-187, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - 1938 – 1941, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - First patrol: December 1941, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Second patrol: December 1941 – March 1942, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Third patrol: March – May 1942, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Fourth patrol: June – July 1942, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Fifth patrol: September – October 1942, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Sixth patrol: November 1942 – January 1943, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Seventh and eighth patrols: June – October 1943, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Ninth patrol: December 1943 – January 1944, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Tenth patrol: April – May 1944, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Eleventh patrol: June – August 1944, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - 1944 – 1948

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The Holocaust is the name applied to the systematic state-sponsored persecution and genocide of various ethnic, religious and political groups during World War II by Nazi Germany and collaborators. Early elements of the Holocaust include the Kristallnacht pogrom and the T-4 Euthanasia Program, progressing to the later use of killing squads and extermination camps in a massive and centrally organized effort to murder every possi ...

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The Hon. Sir Walter Hartwell James, KCMG, KC (29 March 1863–3 January 1943 was premier of Western Australia from 1 July 1902 until 10 August 1904, and an ardent supporter of the federation movement. Walter James was born on 29 March 1863 in Perth, in what was then the British colony of Western Australia. He was educated at Perth Boys School and later at Perth High School (now Hale School). In his youth he worked as a jackaroo at De Grey Station in the Pilbara, but after being shipwrecked off Rottnest Island in 1883 on his way ...

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His Eminence Crescenzio Cardinal Sepe (born June 2, 1943) is an Italian Cardinal and Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. Ordained on March 12, 1967, he served as a priest in Italy and Brazil. Cardinal Sepe was appointed titular Archbishop of Grado on 2 April 1992. He was ordained for the Diocese of Aversa on 12 March 1967 and holds degrees in theology and canon law from the Pontifical Lateran University and in philosophy from the University of Rome La Sapienza. He taught theology at the Lateran and Ur ...

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USS Barbero (SS/A/G-317) was a Balao-class submarine of the United States Navy, named for a family of fishes commonly called surgeon fish. Her keel was laid by the Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut on 25 March 1943. She was launched 12 December 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Katherine R. Keating, and commissioned 29 April 1944, with Lieutenant Commander Irvin S. Hartman in command. USS Barbero SS-317 - The Barbero in World War II. Barbero's war operations span the period from 9 Augu ...

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Sturgeon refitted and returned to sea, on 5 June, to patrol an area west of Manila. On 25 June, she caught up with a nine-ship convoy before daylight, and fired three torpedoes at the largest ship and heard explosions. After some 21 depth charges were dropped by the escorts, she managed to escape with only a few gauges broken. On 1 July, Sturgeon sank the 7267-ton transport Montevideo Maru off the coast of Luzon. On 5 July, she scored hits on a tanker in a convoy northbound from Man ...

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USS Sturgeon SS-187, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - 1938 – 1941, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - First patrol: December 1941, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Second patrol: December 1941 – March 1942, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Third patrol: March – May 1942, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Fourth patrol: June – July 1942, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Fifth patrol: September – October 1942, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Sixth patrol: November 1942 – January 1943, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Seventh and eighth patrols: June – October 1943, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Ninth patrol: December 1943 – January 1944, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Tenth patrol: April – May 1944, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Eleventh patrol: June – August 1944, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - 1944 – 1948

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Sturgeon stood out of port, on 4 September, to begin her fifth war patrol in an area between Mono Island and the Shortland Islands in the Solomon Islands group. On 11 September, she began patrolling west of Bougainville to intercept enemy shipping between Rabaul, Buka, and Faisi. The submarine fired four torpedoes at a large cargo ship, on 14 September, but missed with all. Three days later, she fired a spread at a tanker with two apparent hits. At 0536 hours on 1 October, Sturgeon sighted the 8033-ton aircraft ferry ...

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USS Sturgeon SS-187, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - 1938 – 1941, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - First patrol: December 1941, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Second patrol: December 1941 – March 1942, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Third patrol: March – May 1942, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Fourth patrol: June – July 1942, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Fifth patrol: September – October 1942, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Sixth patrol: November 1942 – January 1943, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Seventh and eighth patrols: June – October 1943, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Ninth patrol: December 1943 – January 1944, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Tenth patrol: April – May 1944, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Eleventh patrol: June – August 1944, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - 1944 – 1948

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The corps was renamed as II.SS-Panzerkorps in June 1943. In July 1943, the corps took part in the failed Operation Citadel, spearheading the southern pincer aimed at reducing the Kursk salient. The corps three SS panzergrenadier division were involved in mammoth tank battles around Prokhorovka, pushing deeper into the salient than any other unit. After the operation was cancelled, the corps was ordered to the Italian front. The coup which deposed Italian dictator Mussolini caused much confusion, and only one division, the 1.SS-Panzer- ...

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II SS Panzer Corps, II SS Panzer Corps - Formation - Kharkov, II SS Panzer Corps - Kursk - Italy, II SS Panzer Corps - Normandy - Arnhem, II SS Panzer Corps - Ardennes - Hungary, II SS Panzer Corps - Commanders, II SS Panzer Corps - Orders of Battle, II SS Panzer Corps - July 1943 - Operation Citadel, II SS Panzer Corps - September 1944 - Operation Market Garden, II SS Panzer Corps - March 1945 - Operation Frülingserwachen

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The III Corps was formed in October 1934 as III. Armeekorps. The corps took part in Fall Weiss, the 1939 invasion of Poland as a part of Heeresgruppe Nord. It then took part in Fall Gelb as a part of Heeresgruppe A, participating in the assault through the Ardennes. In March 1941, the corps was upgraded to a motorised corps status and redesignated III Armeekorps (mot) Operation Barbarossa saw III Armeekorps (mot) attached to Generalfeldmarschall Gerd von Rundstedt's Heeresgruppe Süd. The corps fought during the campaign ...

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German III Corps, German III Corps - III Armeekorps History, German III Corps - III Panzerkorps History, German III Corps - Commanders, German III Corps - Orders Of Battle, German III Corps - III.Armeekorps May 1940 - Fall Gelb, German III Corps - III.Armeekorps mot September 1941 - Operation Barbarossa, German III Corps - III.Panzerkorps July 1943 - Operation Citadel, German III Corps - III Panzerkorps March 1944 - Korsun-Cherkassy Pocket, German III Corps - III Panzerkorps March 1945 - Operation Spring Awakening

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III Panzerkorps was formed in June 1942 from III. Armeekorps. The Panzerkorps was now attached to Heeresgruppe A, the formation tasked with capturing the Caucasus as a part of Fall Blau. After the disaster at Stalingrad, III Panzerkorps took part in the battles around Kharkov as part of Generalfeldmarschall Erich von Manstein's Heeresgruppe Don. The IIId was attached to Generaloberst Hermann Hoth's 4.Panzerarmee in Operation Citadel, and was heavily involved in the fighting withdrawal from Belgorod to the Dniepr. At the beginning of 1 ...

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German III Corps, German III Corps - III Armeekorps History, German III Corps - III Panzerkorps History, German III Corps - Commanders, German III Corps - Orders Of Battle, German III Corps - III.Armeekorps May 1940 - Fall Gelb, German III Corps - III.Armeekorps mot September 1941 - Operation Barbarossa, German III Corps - III.Panzerkorps July 1943 - Operation Citadel, German III Corps - III Panzerkorps March 1944 - Korsun-Cherkassy Pocket, German III Corps - III Panzerkorps March 1945 - Operation Spring Awakening

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German III Corps - III.Armeekorps May 1940 - Fall Gelb. Stab der Korps Arko 3 Korps-Nachrichten-Abteilung 43 Korps-Nachschubtruppen 403 Feldgendarmerie-Trupp 403 3.Infanterie Division 23.Infanterie Division 52.Infanterie Division German III Corps - III.Armeekorps mot September 1941 - Operation Barbarossa. Stab der Korps Arko 3 Korps-Nachrichten-Abteilung ...

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German III Corps, German III Corps - III Armeekorps History, German III Corps - III Panzerkorps History, German III Corps - Commanders, German III Corps - Orders Of Battle, German III Corps - III.Armeekorps May 1940 - Fall Gelb, German III Corps - III.Armeekorps mot September 1941 - Operation Barbarossa, German III Corps - III.Panzerkorps July 1943 - Operation Citadel, German III Corps - III Panzerkorps March 1944 - Korsun-Cherkassy Pocket, German III Corps - III Panzerkorps March 1945 - Operation Spring Awakening

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In June 1944, the corps was ordered west to take part in the defence of Normandy. It was involved in heavy fighting against Field Marshal Montgomery's British 21st Army Group in the area around Caen. During this period, SS-Obergruppenführer Wilhelm Bittrich, veteran commander of the Hohenstaufen, was placed in command of the corps. After the launch of Operation Totalise and the forming of the Falaise pocket, the corps managed to escape encirclement and took part in operations to hold open the escape ...

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II SS Panzer Corps, II SS Panzer Corps - Formation - Kharkov, II SS Panzer Corps - Kursk - Italy, II SS Panzer Corps - Normandy - Arnhem, II SS Panzer Corps - Ardennes - Hungary, II SS Panzer Corps - Commanders, II SS Panzer Corps - Orders of Battle, II SS Panzer Corps - July 1943 - Operation Citadel, II SS Panzer Corps - September 1944 - Operation Market Garden, II SS Panzer Corps - March 1945 - Operation Frülingserwachen

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After refitting in October and November, the corps was placed in reserve for SS-Oberstgruppenführer Dietrich's 6.SS-Panzer-Armee, which was preparing for the Wacht Am Rhein offensive in the Ardennes. Only minor corps units involved in the initial assault. The corps was committed to major action near St. Vith on 21st December. After the northern assault stalled, the corps was transferred south to take part in the attack on Bastogne. The corps' combat divisions suffered heavy losses in the battles against the US 101st Airborne Division. After the failure of the offensive, the corps returned to the defens ...

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II SS Panzer Corps, II SS Panzer Corps - Formation - Kharkov, II SS Panzer Corps - Kursk - Italy, II SS Panzer Corps - Normandy - Arnhem, II SS Panzer Corps - Ardennes - Hungary, II SS Panzer Corps - Commanders, II SS Panzer Corps - Orders of Battle, II SS Panzer Corps - July 1943 - Operation Citadel, II SS Panzer Corps - September 1944 - Operation Market Garden, II SS Panzer Corps - March 1945 - Operation Frülingserwachen

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