30 Jan 1943
- Battle of Rennell Island in the Solomon Islands ended with a Japanese victory and the sinking of USS Chicago. ww2dbase [Solomon Islands Campaign | CPC]
- German troops defeated French troops and captured Faïd Pass, Tunisia. ww2dbase [Battle of Faïd Pass and Sidi Bouzid | CPC]
- HMS Samphire (Lieutenant Commander F. T. Renny) was torpedoed and sunk by the Italian submarine Platino off Bougie, Algeria. ww2dbase [Platino | AC]
- Erich Raeder was officially relieved of his duty as the head of the German Navy. ww2dbase [Erich Raeder | CPC]
- The repair work on light cruiser Voroshilov completed. ww2dbase [Voroshilov | CPC]
- Satoru Anabuki, flying Ki-43 fighter "Fubuki", shot down a B-25 bomber over Toungoo, Burma, his 21st victory. ww2dbase [Satoru Anabuki | Toungoo | CPC]
- Alpino Bagnolini departed Bordeaux, France at 1225 hours, arriving at Le Verdon-sur-Mer, Aquitaine, France at 1617 hours. ww2dbase [Alpino Bagnolini | Bordeaux, Aquitaine | CPC]
- The British RAF's first daylight raid on Berlin, Germany was completed by No. 105 and No. 139 Squadrons' Mosquito aircraft. ww2dbase [Bombing of Hamburg, Dresden, and Other Cities | Berlin | AC]
- In Germany, Hermann Göring publicly noted that the defense and sacrifice at Stalingrad, Russia would go down in history as a heroic tale. ww2dbase [Battle of Stalingrad | Hermann Göring | CPC]
- Ferdinand Schörner was awarded the Golden Party Badge of the Nazi Party. ww2dbase [Ferdinand Schörner | CPC]
- Tatsuta Maru departed Yokosuka, Japan and arrived at Yokohama, Japan later on the same day. ww2dbase [Tatsuta Maru | Yokosuka, Kanagawa | CPC]
- Soviet troops reached Red Square in central Stalingrad, Russia. ww2dbase [Battle of Stalingrad | Stalingrad | CPC]
- USS Ranger arrived at Norfolk, Virginia. ww2dbase [Norfolk Navy Yard | Ranger | Norfolk, Virginia | DS]
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