Jan. Allies storm ashore in Anzio. June; D Day landingd in N. France. July Iceland becomes an Independent republic. Aug; Sylvain Itkine executed by Gestapo. Roosevelt wins reelection for 4th term. First automatic digital computer completed at Harvard. Deaths of Munch, Mondrian, Maillol, and Kandinsky. Max Ernst sculpture -> The King Playing with the Queen. Pablo Picasso paints -> The Charnel House. Back to 1943 Forward to 1945 See Timeline