20 Oct 1943
- The United Nations War Crimes Commission was established. ww2dbase [CPC]
- Vatutin's attacked out of Bukrin, Ukraine were rebuffed with heavy Soviet casualties. ww2dbase [TH]
- Lieutenant Commander Shohei Matsumoto relieved Lieutenant Commander Shoichi Oyamada as the commanding officer of destroyer Yuzuki. ww2dbase [Yuzuki | CPC]
- Louis Mountbatten departed China for India. On the same day, Chiang Kaishek sent a message to King George VI, complimenting the new supreme commander. ww2dbase [Louis Mountbatten | CPC]
- Chuichi Nagumo stepped down as the commanding officer of Kure Naval District, Japan and was given command of the First Fleet. ww2dbase [Chuichi Nagumo | CPC]
- USS Haddock departed for her seventh war patrol. ww2dbase [Haddock | CPC]
- US Marine Corps squadron VMF-214 was officially relieved from front line duty in the Solomon Islands. ww2dbase [CPC]
- The keel of I-402 was laid down at Sasebo Naval Arsenal, Japan. ww2dbase [Sasebo Naval Arsenal | I-402 | Sasebo, Nagasaki | CPC]
- Captured German Tiger I heavy tank "131" arrived at the village of Chobham, Surrey, England, United Kingdom via a Scammell 100-ton truck. ww2dbase [PzKpfw VI Ausf. E 'Tiger I' | Chobham, England | CPC]
- USS Seahorse departed Midway Atoll for her second war patrol. ww2dbase [Midway Bases | Seahorse | Midway | CPC]
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