Editing 1943 (section)

===March===
{{Main|March 1943}}
[[File:A20BismarckSea.jpg|thumb|A low level attack on a Japanese ship during the [[Battle of the Bismarck Sea]]]]
[[File:Krakow Ghetto 06694.jpg|thumb|Jewish prisoners being deported from the [[Kraków Ghetto]]]]
* [[March]] – Exiled French aviator [[Antoine de Saint-Exupéry]]'s self-illustrated children's [[novella]], ''[[The Little Prince]]'', is published in [[New York City]], the all-time [[List of best-selling books|best-selling book]] originating in French.
* [[March]]–[[December]] – [[History of computing hardware]]: British prototype Mark I [[Colossus computer]] is constructed (the world's first totally ''electronic'' programmable computing device) to assist in [[cryptanalysis]] of German signals at [[Bletchley Park]].<ref>{{cite book |editor-last=Copeland |editor-first=B. Jack |year=2006 |title=Colossus: the Secrets of Bletchley Park's Codebreaking Computers |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-284055-4}}</ref>
* [[March 1]] – [[Heinz Guderian]] becomes Inspector-General of the Armoured Troops for the [[German Army (Wehrmacht)|German Army]].
* [[March 1]]–[[March 2|2]] – WWII: [[Koriukivka massacre]] – 6,700 inhabitants of [[Koriukivka]] are murdered in [[Ukraine]], by a [[Nazi Germany|German]] [[SS]] unit.
* [[March 2]] – WWII: [[Battle of the Bismarck Sea]] – United States and Australian forces sink Japanese convoy ships, then strafe survivors in the water.<ref>{{cite book |last=Caidin |first=Martin |orig-date=1966 |year=1978 |title=The Ragged, Rugged Warriors |publisher=Bantam |page=37 |quote=The American and Australian planes swept up and down the Bismarck Sea, shooting at any sign of life. Cannon shells and streams of bullets tore into Japanese on life rafts.}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Mallison |first1=Sally V.  |last2=Mallison |first2=W. Thomas |editor-last=Roberson |editor-first=Horace B. Jr. |title=Chapter IX, Naval Targeting: Lawful Objects of Attack |journal=International Law Studies |volume=64 |page=257 |url=https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1757&context=ils#page=17 |quote=Once the ships were sunk,  the U.S. Armed Forces followed  practices,  much  criticized  when  the  offenders  were  German  or Japanese, of killing as  many of the helpless survivors in the water as  possible.}}</ref>
* [[March 3]] – 173 people are killed in a crush while trying to enter an [[air-raid shelter]] at [[Bethnal Green tube station|Bethnal Green, London]].
* [[March 4]]
** As part of [[The Holocaust in Bulgarian-occupied Greece]], almost all Jews in the region are rounded up to be taken to [[Treblinka extermination camp]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Chary|first=Frederick B.|author-link=Frederick B. Chary|title=The Bulgarian Jews and the Final Solution, 1940–1944|year=1972|publisher=University of Pittsburgh Press|isbn=978-0-8229-3251-2}}</ref>
** The [[15th Academy Awards]] ceremony is held in Los Angeles. ''[[Mrs. Miniver]]'' wins the [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]] Award.
* [[March 4]]–[[March 6|6]] – WWII: [[Battle of Fardykambos]] – Greek partisans and armed civilians force the surrender of an Italian army battalion.
* [[March 5]] 
** WWII: [[1943 Greek protests against labour mobilization|General strike and protest march]] in Athens against rumours of forced  mobilization of Greek workers for work in Germany,  resulting in clashes with the Axis occupation forces and collaborationist police. The decree is withdrawn on the next day.<ref>{{cite book | last = Fleischer | first = Hagen | author-link = | title = Krieg und Nachkrieg: Das schwierige deutsch-griechische Jahrhundert | trans-title = War and Post-War: The Difficult German–Greek Century | publisher = Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht | year = 2020 | location = Cologne | language = de | isbn = 978-341251790-8 | pages=61–62}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Mazower|first=Mark|author-link=Mark Mazower|title=Inside Hitler's Greece: The Experience of Occupation, 1941–44|year=1993|publisher=Yale University Press|isbn=0-300-06552-3|location=New Haven and London | pages=118–119}}</ref>
** The [[Gloster Meteor]], the first [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] [[Fighter aircraft#Jet-powered fighters|jet fighter]], makes its first flight, in England.
* [[March 9]]–[[March 10|10]] – WWII: North Atlantic [[convoy SC 121]] is attacked by [[U-boat]]s sinking seven ships.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Rohwer |first1=J. |last2=Hummelchen |first2=G. |year=1992 |title=Chronology of the War at Sea 1939–1945 |publisher=Naval Institute Press |isbn=1-55750-105-X |page=196}}</ref>
* [[March 9]] – [[Şükrü Saracoğlu]] forms the new government of Turkey (14th government; Şükrü Saracoğlu had served twice as a prime minister).
* [[March 10]] – [[Banco Bradesco]] is founded in [[Marília]], [[São Paulo]], Brazil.
* [[March 12]]
** WWII: [[Italian occupation of Greece]]: The Italian occupying forces abandon the town of [[Karditsa]] to the partisans. On the same day, an Italian motorized column razes the village of [[Tsaritsani]], burning 360 of its 600 houses and shooting 40 civilians.
** [[Aaron Copland]]'s ''[[Fanfare for the Common Man]]'' is premiered by the [[Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra]].
* [[March 13]] – [[The Holocaust]]: [[Nazi Germany|Nazi German]] forces liquidate the Jews of the [[Kraków Ghetto]], in [[Occupation of Poland (1939–45)|occupied Poland]].
* [[March 14]] – WWII: British submarine [[HMS Thetis (N25)|HMS ''Thunderbolt'']] is sunk off [[Sicily]] by an Italian [[corvette]], the second time this vessel has been lost with all hands.<ref>{{cite web |title=HMS Thunderbolt (N 25) |work=uboat.net |url=http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3485.html |access-date=2010-10-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Warren |first1=C. E. T. |last2=Benson |first2=James |year=1958 |title="The Admiralty regrets ...": the story of His Majesty's submarine Thetis and Thunderbolt |publisher=Harrap |location=London}}</ref>
* [[March 15]] – WWII:
** [[Italian submarine Leonardo da Vinci (1939)|Italian submarine ''Leonardo da Vinci'']] sinks [[Canadian Pacific Railway|Canadian Pacific]] [[Ocean liner|liner]] [[RMS Empress of Canada (1920)|RMS ''Empress of Canada'']] off [[Sierra Leone]]. Nearly half of the 392 fatalities are Italian [[prisoners of war]].
** German forces recapture [[Kharkiv]] after four days of house-to-house fighting against [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] troops, ending the month-long [[Third Battle of Kharkov|Third Battle of Kharkiv]].
* [[March 16]] – WWII: [[Battle of the Mareth Line]]: Allied forces of the British [[Eighth Army (United Kingdom)|8th Army]] under General [[Bernard Montgomery]] launch an offensive against the [[Mareth Line]] held by the Italo-German [[1st Army (Italy)|1st Army]].<ref>Ford, Ken (2012). ''The Mareth Line 1943: The End in Africa 1941–43''. Oxford: Osprey. {{ISBN|978-1-78200-299-4}}.</ref>
* [[March 16]]–[[March 19|19]] – WWII: 22 ships from [[Convoys HX 229/SC 122]] and one U-boat are sunk in the largest North Atlantic U-boat "[[Wolfpack (naval tactic)|wolfpack]]" attack of the war.
* [[March 17]] ([[Saint Patrick's Day]]) – [[Éamon de Valera]], [[Taoiseach]] of the [[Republic of Ireland]], makes the speech "[[The Ireland That We Dreamed Of]]", commonly called the "comely maidens" speech, in [[Dublin Castle]].
* [[March 19]] – WWII: [[German invasion of Hungary (1944)|The occupation of Hungary by the Wehrmacht]].
* [[March 22]] – WWII: [[Khatyn massacre]] – The entire population of [[Khatyn]], [[Belarus]] is burnt alive by German occupation forces.
* [[March 23]] – The drugs [[Vicodin]] and [[Lortab]] are first produced in Germany.
* [[March 26]] – WWII: [[Battle of the Komandorski Islands]]: In the [[Aleutian Islands]], the battle begins when [[United States Navy]] forces intercept Japanese troops attempting to reinforce a garrison at [[Kiska]]. During the engagement, heavy cruiser [[USS Salt Lake City (CA-25)|USS ''Salt Lake City'']] is severely damaged by Japanese cruiser gunfire. Lasting for three and a half hours, it will be the longest continuous gunnery duel in modern naval history. 
* [[March 27]] – WWII: British [[Royal Navy]] [[escort carrier]] {{HMS|Dasher|D37}} is destroyed by an accidental explosion in the [[Firth of Clyde]], killing 379 of the crew of 528.
* [[March 28]] – In Italy the transport [[Caterina Costa]], full of weapons and ammunition, explodes in the port of [[Naples]], killing 600.