February 26th, 1943 (FRIDAY)
UNITED KINGDOM:
Minesweeper HMS Mutine commissioned.
GERMANY: US Flying Fortresses and Liberators bomb the German naval base at Wilhelmshaven.
TUNISIA: Units of the 10th and 21st Panzer Divisions under von Arnim attack British positions at Medjez el Bab. This prevents Rommel from concentrating quickly for an attack on the British 8th Army before the Mareth line.
U.S.A.: Destroyer USS Anthony commissioned.
ATLANTIC OCEAN: A man from U-760 was killed during an air attack in Wilhelmshaven [Obermaschinist Jakob Ippendorf].