The Soviets commenced the final assault on Stalingrad.
Sarah Sundin notes, for the same day:
Today in World War II History—January 10, 1943: US launches major offensive on Guadalcanal. Off New Britain, Japanese destroyers and aircraft sink giant submarine USS Argonaut.
The USS Argonaut was a V class submarine launched in 1927 which was in fact of a class that was the largest non-nuclear submarines ever built by the US, with the V-4 being the absolute largest. It was designed primarily for laying mines.
The American First Party was formed in Detroit by Gerald L. K. Smith. It should be noted that this is just one of several parties that have used this name.
It was a hyper isolationist party that nominated Smith in 1944 for the Oval Office and then went down in spectacular defeat. It was thereafter merged into the Christian Nationalist Party. Indeed, Smith, a Protestant minister, had founded the Christian Nationalist Crusade the year prior. He had at one time been a major supporter of Huey Long, which brings to mind once again Shepherd's piece on fanatics. Among other things, Smith was quite antisemitic.
Smith died in 1976, but the Christian Nationalist Crusade went away in 1973. The Christian Nationalist Party was its political wing. It's also only one of several parties that have used that name.
