16 Feb 1943

- Japanese hospital ship Hikawa Maru arrived at Kavieng, New Ireland, and departed later on the same day. ww2dbase [Hikawa Maru | CPC]
- Soviet forces recaptured Kharkov, Ukraine. ww2dbase [Third Battle of Kharkov | TH]
- Dr. Mildred Harnack-Fish, a member of German resistance, was beheaded at Plotzensee Prison near Charlottenburg, Germany. ww2dbase [TH]
- Norwegian commandos parachuted into Norway, meeting up with the reconnaissance party near Telemark. ww2dbase [TH]
- Aleksandr Vasilevsky was promoted to the rank of the Marshal of the Soviet Union. ww2dbase [Aleksandr Vasilevsky | CPC]
- USS Grayback departed Brisbane, Australia for her sixth war patrol. ww2dbase [Grayback | Brisbane, Queensland | CPC]
- 17 US B-17 bombers attacked Rabaul, New Britain before dawn. ww2dbase [Rabaul, New Britain | CPC]
- Repair ship Akashi completed the repair work for destroyers Nowaki and Shiratsuyu at Truk, Caroline Islands. ww2dbase [Akashi | Truk | CPC]
- USAAF heavy bombers attacked the German U-Boat pens at Saint-Nazaire, France. ww2dbase [Bombing of Cities in France and Low Countries | Saint-Nazaire, Pays de la Loire | AC]
- Heinrich Himmler ordered the Warsaw ghetto in Poland to be liquidated. ww2dbase [Heinrich Himmler | CPC]
- Robert von Greim was promoted to the rank of Generaloberst. ww2dbase [Robert von Greim | CPC]
- Captain Masafumi was relieved as the commanding officer of Shokaku; the successor was unknown. ww2dbase [Shokaku | CPC]
- Masafumi Arima stepped down as the commanding officer of carrier Shokaku and was named the chief aviation training officer at the Navy Ministry. ww2dbase [Masafumi Arima | CPC]
- USS Flying Fish sank a Japanese freighter in the Mariana Islands, hitting her with 2 of 4 torpedoes fired. ww2dbase [Flying Fish | CPC]
- The US submarine Amberjack was sunk by the Japanese torpedo boat Hiyodori off Rabaul, New Britain, Bismarck Islands. ww2dbase [Amberjack | AC]
- German forces captured Sidi Bouzid and Sbeitla, Tunisia. The British 8th Army entered Tunisia, spearheaded by the 7th Armoured Division. ww2dbase [Battle of Faïd Pass and Sidi Bouzid | CPC, AC]
- USS Ancon entered Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, United States to be converted to a combined headquarters and commications command ship. ww2dbase [Norfolk Navy Yard | Ancon | Portsmouth, Virginia | CPC]
- USS Whale completed her refitting at Midway Atoll. ww2dbase [Midway Bases | Whale | Midway | CPC]


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