WW2 War Diary for Saturday, May 8, 1943:
Occupied Territories
Poland: Mordechai Anielewicz, 25-year-old commander of Jewish fighters in Warsaw, and 80 others blown up and killed by SS troops in Mila Street headquarter.
Africa
Tunisia: Allies capture Tebourba and Djedeida. French occupy Zaghouan (South Tunisia).
Sea War
Pacific: 3 Japanese destroyers sunk by mines in central Solomons.