Today in World War II History—February 16, 1943
Thursday, February 16, 2023 by Sarah Sundin
80 Years Ago—Feb. 16, 1943: US Sixth Army is established in the Southwest Pacific Area under Lt. Gen. Walter Krueger.
France establishes Service du Travail Obligatoire to conscript 250,000 young men to work in Germany; this causes many to flee and join the resistance.
Mildred Fish Harnack is executed in Berlin for resistance activities, the only American woman to be executed by the Gestapo.