Adolf Hitler quit the Nazi Party due to disagreements with the party executive committee.

11 Jul 1921 Germany Adolf Hitler quit the Nazi Party due to disagreements with the party executive committee. In Jul 1921, Hitler traveled to Augsburg to meet with leaders of other nationalist groups in attempt to unify their efforts. He was actually not selected by Nazi Party executive committee to represent the party at this meeting, thus attended without a formal invitation. During the meeting, he clashed with fellow party members, leading to his quitting of the party. Whether his departure was intentional or not, the result was that the party executive committee realized Hitler had become a vital part of the party, and without him the party would likely fall into obscurity. Drexler negotiated with Hitler for his return, and Hitler was receptive, but made the demand that Hitler was to be made the sole dictatorial leader of the party.
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75 Years Ago—July 11, 1943: German Luftwaffe bombers attack Allied invasion fleet off Sicily.

On the heels of Luftwaffe attack, US ships fire on US C-47s loaded with paratroopers, one of the worst fratricidal incidents of the war; 23 C-47s lost, 318 casualties.

At Gela, Sicily, US cruisers and destroyers halt a German armored counterattack.

American Red Cross field director James Shaw rescues men from sinking landing ship USS LST-158 off Licata, Sicily under German air attack; he will be awarded the Silver Star, the first for a Red Cross member in WWII.
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