The Bengal famine kills between 1.5 and 4 million people, causes of death are considered to include disease, starvation and malnutrition. (Photo courtesy of William Vandivert, LIFE magazine)
4th March: The 15th Academy Awards were held, the above photo shows Walter Pidgeon and Greer Garson in “Mrs. Miniver”, which received 12 nominations. (Film still, copyright Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
18th February: The Sportpalast speech was given by Joseph Goebbels in which total war was announced. (Wikimedia Commons)
19th-24th February: Battle of the Kasserine Pass, the above image shows American forces marching through the pass. The high loss of American life led to a wide re-organisation of the commanding officers and a change of tactics for the Allies. (Wikimedia Commons)
22nd-26th November: Cairo Conference, discussion of the Allied position towards Japan during WWII and what should be done with Asia once the war has ended. (L-R) Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill. (Photo provided by the George C. Marshall Foundation)
20th – 23rd November: The Battle of Tarawa. American assault at Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Island. American victory meant that Japan was now vulnerable to attacks from the Pacific Theatre of War. (Wikimeida Commons)
August 29th: Germany dissolves the Danish government. Photo shows the HQ of the Schalburg Corps, a Danish SS unit. (Wikimedia Commons)
March 13th, 1943: Nazi forces liquidate the Kraków Ghetto, the above photo shows some of the Jews being deported. (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Instytut Pamieci Narodowej)
February 2nd: The Battle of Stalingrad ended, in the above photo you can see a Soviet soldier waving the Red Banner. (Photo courtesy of Georgii Zelma)
1st July: Women’s Army Corps (a branch of the United States Army) was converted to full status within the military. (WAC Air Controller, painting by Dan V. Smith)
