of National Liberation (Comité Français de Libération Nationale, CFLN) is formed with headquarters in Algiers and Generals Charles de Gaulle and Henri Giraud as co-presidents. June 4 – A military coup d'état in Argentina ousts Ramón Castillo. June 8 – WWII: Japanese battleship Mutsu is destroyed by an accidental magazine explosion, in Hashirajima anchorage. June 8–9 – WWII: Battle of Porta: The Royal Italian Army is defeated by the Greek People's Liberation Army. June 20–23 – The Detroit race riot of 1943 in the United States kills 34 people (25 African Americans, 9 whites), wounds hundreds more and damages and destroys property worth millions. June 21 – WWII: As part of Operation Animals, British Special Operations Executive saboteurs destroy the railway bridge over the Asopos River in "Operation Washing", and guerrillas of the Greek People's Liberation Army ambush and destroy a German convoy at the Battle of Sarantaporos. June 22 – WWII: The U.S. Army 45th Infantry Division lands in North Africa, prior to training at Arzew, French Morocco. June 30 The United States Civilian Conservation Corps is abolished. WWII: The New Georgia campaign begins in the Solomon Islands, an Allied offensive against the Japanese forces stationed there. June (late) – The Holocaust: The last trainload of Jewish prisoners is moved from Bełżec extermination camp in Occupied Poland (for gassing at Sobibór), and for the remainder of the year the Nazis make efforts to obliterate the site. July July 1 – The United States Women's Army Corps (WAC) is converted to full status. July 4 – 1943 Gibraltar B-24 crash: The aircraft carrying General Władysław Sikorski, Prime Minister of the Polish government-in-exile, crashes, killing him and 15 others, leading to a lasting controversy over the circumstances. July 5 – WWII: Nazi Germany commences Operation Citadel. It will eventually lead to the Battle of Kursk, the largest tank battle in history. A fleet sets sail for the Allied invasion of Sicily. The National Bands Agreement is concluded in Greece. July 6 – WWII: Americans and Japanese fight the Battle of Kula Gulf off Kolombangara. July 10 (0245 GMT (4:45 a.m. local time)) – WWII: Allied invasion of Sicily – The Allied invasion of Axis-controlled Europe begins, with landings on the island of Sicily off mainland Italy by the Seventh United States Army and the British Eighth Army, including the 1st Canadian Infantry Division. The Holocaust: Jedwabne pogrom – At least 340