August 15, 1943

1943Eileen Bell, Northern Irish civil servant and politician, 2nd Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly^[†]

Eileen Bell CBE is a retired Alliance Party politician from Dromara, Northern Ireland. She was a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for North Down from 1998 to 2007, and is a former deputy leader of the Alliance Party.

1943World War II: Battle of Trahili: Superior German forces surround Cretan partisans, who manage to escape against all odds.^[†]

The Battle of Trahili was fought on 15 August 1943 between Cretan partisans and German occupying forces during World War II. It took place near the village of Vorizia in south-central Crete, when German forces attempted to surround a small group of partisans led by the local chieftain Petrakogiorgis. Most of the partisans managed to escape, despite being heavily outnumbered.