The temperature on May 18, 1943 was between 6.7 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 14.3 hours of sunshine (90%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
January 23 » World War II: Troops of the British Eighth Army capture Tripoli in Libya from the German–Italian Panzer Army.
May 22 » Joseph Stalin disbands the Comintern.
July 22 » World War II: Allied forces capture Palermo during the Allied invasion of Sicily.
August 1 » World War II: Operation Tidal Wave also known as "Black Sunday", was a failed American attempt to destroy Romanian oil fields.
September 8 » World War II: United States General Dwight D. Eisenhower publicly announces the armistice with Italy.
November 20 » World War II: Battle of Tarawa (Operation Galvanic) begins: United States Marines land on Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands and suffer heavy fire from Japanese shore guns and machine guns.
Day of death February 10, 1944
The temperature on February 10, 1944 was between 0.9 °C and 5.5 °C and averaged 3.0 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (66%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
February 17 » World War II: The Battle of Eniwetok begins: The battle ends in an American victory on February 22.
April 14 » Bombay explosion: A massive explosion in Bombay harbor kills 300 and causes economic damage valued then at 20million pounds.
June 10 » World War II: In Distomo, Boeotia, Greece, 218 men, women and children are massacred by German troops.
June 13 » World War II: The Battle of Villers-Bocage: German tank ace Michael Wittmann ambushes elements of the British 7th Armoured Division, destroying up to fourteen tanks, fifteen personnel carriers and two anti-tank guns in a Tiger I tank.
September 19 » World War II: The Moscow Armistice between Finland and the Soviet Union is signed.
October 21 » World War II: The first kamikaze attack damages HMASAustralia as the Battle of Leyte Gulf begins.
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