22 Jul 1943
- US 2nd Armored Division captured Palermo, Sicily. ww2dbase [Invasion of Sicily and Italy's Surrender | TH]
- Canfield was commissioned into service. ww2dbase [Canfield | CPC]
- USS Skipjack damaged a Japanese transport south of Japan, hitting her with one of four torpedoes fired. ww2dbase [Skipjack | CPC]
- USS Nicholas and USS Radford, escorting the crippled HMAS Hobart, arrived at Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides. ww2dbase [Nicholas | DS]
- I-168 arrived at Truk, Caroline Islands. ww2dbase [I-68/I-168 | Truk | CPC]
- USS S-38 set sail for the New Hebrides. ww2dbase [S-38 | CPC]
- British Joint Intelligence Committee reported that the Allied Combined Bomber Offensive had successfully prevented the Germans from deploying more than half of its fighter strength to other fronts of the European War. ww2dbase [Bombing of Hamburg, Dresden, and Other Cities | CPC]
- Destroyer HMS Ursa was launched. ww2dbase [CPC]
- Minesweeper HMS Frolic was launched. ww2dbase [CPC]
- The keel of corvette HMS Allington Castle was laid down. ww2dbase [CPC]
- Lockheed and USAAF completed a three day evaluation of a full scale mock up of a XP-80 jet fighter. ww2dbase [P-80 Shooting Star | Burbank Lockheed Aircraft Factory | Burbank, California | CPC]
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