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Historical war archive · 1938—1946

World War II Timeline: November 1943

A dated guide to 4 documented events in November 1943, with links to individual historical records.

Dated historical records

Entries below follow the dates recorded in the WWII CHRONOS archive. Each linked title opens the original historical entry, including its source reference.

  1. — Willow Run Completes Its 1,000th B-24 Bomber — The 1,000th completed B-24; a precursor to the peak assembly-line rate reached in 1944.
  2. — X-10 Graphite Reactor Begins Operation at Oak Ridge — The first reactor to produce plutonium continuously on a pilot-industrial scale.
  3. — Liberation of Kyiv — Soviet forces recapture Kyiv from the Nazi occupiers.
  4. — Tehran Conference — The leaders of the Soviet Union, the United States and Britain discuss a common strategy for the war.

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