What happened August 1943 AD

The Soviets captured Smolensk in the second battle of Smolensk, which begun on 7 August and ended on 2 October 1943.

In the Białystok Ghetto on 16 August, Jewish insurgents fought for five days when the Germans announced mass deportations.

Churchill met Roosevelt again at the first Quebec Conference (codename Quadrant) in August.

The Battle of the Dnieper (26 August – 23 December) was one of the largest operations in World War II, involving almost 4,000,000 troops at a time stretched on a 1,400 kilometres (870 mi) long front. Soviets reclaim left-bank Ukraine, including the city of Kiev and Donets basin.