May 10th, 1943 (MONDAY)
UNITED KINGDOM: Sloop HMS Crane commissioned.
U.S.S.R.: Operation Citadel is approved by Hitler. This attack at Kursk should begin in June.
MEDITERRANEAN SEA: U-380 rescued five German soldiers escaping from Tunisia in a small boat. She brought them to La Spezia May 16.
NORTH AFRICA: Wholesale surrenders begin as the last Axis resistance ends in Tunisia.
The British 6th Armoured Division ends Axis chances of escape by cutting off the Cape Bon peninsula.
CANADA:
Frigate HMCS Toronto (ex-Giffard) laid down Lauzon, Province of Quebec.
HMC ML 088 commissioned.
U.S.A.: Destroyer escort USS Ricketts launched.
Destroyer escort USS Carlson commissioned.
Submarine USS Cisco commissioned.
Destroyer USS Mertz laid down.
Aircraft carrier USS Randolph laid down.
Minesweeper USS Rebel laid down.
ATLANTIC OCEAN: U-403 had a gunnery duel with the Dutch ship Dexterous.