12 Feb 1943
- Pogy was commissioned into service. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- USS Mingo was commissioned into service with Lieutenant Commander Ralph Lynch, Jr. in command. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- German engineering firm J. A. Topf und Söhne sent a letter to Auschwitz Concentration Camp in Poland, confirming that it had received the order to build Crematoriums II and III at the camp. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- Soviet troops captured Rostov, Russia. ww2dbase [TH]
- German troops fell back from Krasnodar to the Kuban defensive positions in southern Russia. ww2dbase [Main Article | TH]
- Maximilian von Weichs stepped down as the commanding officer of German Armeegruppe B. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- Repair ship Akashi began repairing destroyer Maikaze at Truk, Caroline Islands. ww2dbase [Main Article | Tabular Record of Movement | CPC]
- Jews from the Bialystok ghetto in Poland began to be deported to Treblinka Concentration Camp. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
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