January 19th, 1943 (TUESDAY)
GERMANY:
U.S.S.R.: Stalingrad: The siege of the German Sixth Army is holding down 90 out of 259 Soviet formations.
MEDITERRANEAN SEA: Destroyer HMS Antelope and corvette HMCS Port Arthur sank Italian submarine Tritone while escorting Convoy MKS-6 off Bougie, Algeria.
BURMA: Donbaik: Havildar Parkash Singh (b.1913), 8th Punjab Regt., rescued three carriers and two wounded men; he had already, under heavy fire, rescued two carrier crews on 6 January. (Victoria Cross)
CANADA: Federal cabinet order-in-council grants Custodian of Enemy Alien Property the right to dispose of Japanese Canadians' property without owners' consent.
Minesweeper HMCS Mahone arrived Liverpool, Nova Scotia for refit.
U.S.A.: Aleutians: Attu Island is subjected to a naval bombardment, by a US fleet of two cruisers and four destroyers.
Destroyer escorts USS Blair and Inch laid down.