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History on the 20th of July 1943

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20 Jul 1943 WW2 USS Enterprise made port call at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard for an extensive overhaul. 
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20 Jul 1943 WW2 Ameer was commissioned into service. 
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20 Jul 1943 WW2 The US Joint Chiefs of Staff ordered Chester Nimitz to begin planning operations in the Ellice and Gilbert Islands. 
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20 Jul 1943 WW2 The National Committee for a Free Germany made a broadcast of its manifesto to Germany from the Soviet Union. 
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20 Jul 1943 WW2 British and US bombers sank German submarine U-558 in the Bay of Biscay northwest of Cape Ortegal, Spain with depth charges; 45 were killed, 5 survived. 
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20 Jul 1943 WW2 Allied aircraft attacked German submarine U-195 in the Bay of Biscay, killing 1. 
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20 Jul 1943 WW2 US destroyers USS Aylwin and USS Monaghan bombarded Kiska, Aleutian Islands. 
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20 Jul 1943 WW2 In the Solomon Islands, US 13th Air Force launched 18 B-24 bombers against Kahili Airfield, Bougainville Island and other targets on Ballale Island. 
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20 Jul 1943 WW2 US Marine and US Navy aircraft sank two Japanese destroyers south of Choiseul Island in the Solomon Islands. On New Georgia, the Northern Landing Group (1st Marine Raider Regiment, 4th Raider Battalion, and 3rd Battalion of the US Marine Corps and the 148th Division of the US Army) attacked Bairoko Harbor. 
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20 Jul 1943 WW2 The keel of Canadian frigate HMCS Prestonian was laid down at Lauzon, Quebec, Canada. 
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20 Jul 1943 WW2 The keel of Canadian frigate HMCS Sea Cliff was laid down at Lauzon, Quebec, Canada. 
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20 Jul 1943 WW2 The keel of Canadian corvette HMCS Asbestos was laid down at Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. 
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20 Jul 1943 WW2 The keel of Canadian corvette HMCS Hawkesbury was laid down at Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. 
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20 Jul 1943 WW2 Canadian tug HMCS Glenlea was launched at Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada. 
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20 Jul 1943 WW2 German government reports dated this date indicated that, since 2 Mar 1943, there had been 20 transports of Jews from the Netherlands to Sobibór Concentration Camp, totaling over 34,000 persons; only 19 of these deportees survived the Holocaust. 
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20 Jul 1943 WW2 German submarine U-242 was launched. 
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20 Jul 1943 WW2 German submarine U-292 was launched. 
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20 Jul 1943 WW2 German submarine U-1165 was launched. 
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20 Jul 1943 WW2 USS Pollack departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her eighth war patrol. 
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20 Jul 1943 WW2 The underground oil storage facility at Red Hill, Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii was completed. 
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20 Jul 1943 WW2 Barbers Point Naval Air Station: Part of Marine Fighting Squadron 222 (VMF-222) arrived on board. 
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20 Jul 1943 WW2 Italian troops surrendered en masse to US troops in Sicily, Italy as US 82nd Airborne Division captured Sciacca and Menfi, US 9th Infantry Division captured Santo Stefano Quisquina and the heights north of Mussomeli, US 2nd Armored Division with British troops in support captured Enna, Canadian 1st Division reached Leonforte, and British 51st Division attacked the Sferro airfield. In the air, Allied Northwest African Strategic Air Force fighter-bombers attacked various targets in western Sicily while medium bombers struck Montecorvino Airfield. 
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20 Jul 1943 WW2 About 150 aircraft of Allied Northwest African Strategic Air Force and over 100 aircraft US 9th Air Force attacked Rome, Italy for a second day in a row, targeting rail marshalling yards and the Ciampino Airfield. When the US 9th Air Force returned from Rome, they dropped their remaining bombs on targets at Anzio and Sicily. The city of Naples was also bombed by US bombers on this day. 
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20 Jul 1943 WW2 Crown Prince Yi Un was made the commanding officer of Japanese 1st Air Army. 
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20 Jul 1943 WW2 Naka arrived at Mili Atoll, Marshall Islands. 
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20 Jul 1943 WW2 USS Permit entered the Sea of Japan. 
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20 Jul 1943 WW2 German troops evacuated Mtensk, Russia. 
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20 Jul 1943 WW2 The Soviet STAVKA ordered all partisans in German-occupied Europe to attack German rail traffic. 
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20 Jul 1943 WW2 Heinrich Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein shot down seven Soviet aircraft in one single night mission near Oryol, Russia, increasing his victories to 41. 
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20 Jul 1943 WW2 Vsevolod Merkulov was named the People's Commissar of State Security of the Soviet Union. 
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20 Jul 1943 WW2 British submarines HMS Spirit was launched. 
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20 Jul 1943 WW2 British submarines HMS Vampire was launched. 
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20 Jul 1943 WW2 The keel of US escort carrier Nehenta Bay was laid down. 
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20 Jul 1943 WW2 US escort carrier Natoma Bay was launched. 
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20 Jul 1943 WW2 Franklin Roosevelt ordered that information regarding atomic research was to be shared with the British. 
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20 Jul 1943 WW2 Minesweeper USS Sway was commissioned into service. 
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20 Jul 1943 WW2 US frigate Sausalito was launched. 
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20 Jul 1943 WW2 Destroyer escort USS Burke was commissioned into service. 
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20 Jul 1943 WW2 Destroyer escort USS Scott was commissioned into service. 
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20 Jul 1943 WW2 Lockheed and USAAF began a three day evaluation of a full scale mock up of a XP-80 jet fighter. 
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20 Jul 1943 WW2 USS Wahoo completed a period of trials and training off California, United States. After returning to Mare Island Navy Yard in Vallejo, California, United States, squadron commander Captain John B. Griggs, Jr. came aboard to present awards. 
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