03-1943

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, March 31, 1943: Politics Germany: King Boris of Bulgaria confers with Hitler. Sea War Pacific: 9 Japanese ships sunk by US submarine Wahoo during March. […]

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, March 30, 1943: Air War Germany: 213 RAF bombers attacking Berlin and dropping 587t of bombs. Sea War Atlantic: Crew of German blockade-runner Regensburg immolate

WW2 War Diary for Monday, March 29, 1943: Southeast Asia Burma: British and Indian forces withdraw on Arakan front. Africa Tunisia: British 8th Army captures Gabes. Sea War Arctic: 3

WW2 War Diary for Sunday, March 28, 1943: Africa Tunisia: British 8th Army captures Mareth; Axis forces abandon Mareth Line. Home Fronts Italy: German munition ship catches fire and explodes

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, March 27, 1943: Africa Tunisia: US 34th Infantry Division makes unsuccessful assault on Fondouk Pass. Sea War Britain: Escort carrier Dasher lost in Clyde Estuary

WW2 War Diary for Friday, March 26, 1943: Eastern Front Southern Sector: Spring thaw halts fighting around Kharkov. Sea War Pacific – Battle of the Kommandorsky Islands: Japanese Admiral Hosogaya

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, March 25, 1943: Sea War Atlantic: 2 U-boats sunk by RAF B-17 Fortress bomber (March 25 and 27). Mediterranean: Repatriated survivors of British naval vessels

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, March 24, 1943: Air War Britain: Fighter-bomber raid on Ashford. 8 night raiders shot down over North England and South Scotland. Sea War Mediterranean: British

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, March 23, 1943: Africa Tunisia: Germans counter-attack at Mareth; British 8th Army withdraws. Sea War Mediterranean: Troopship Windsor Castle sunk by He 111 torpedo planes

WW2 War Diary for Monday, march 22, 1943: Air War Western Europe: Mosquito fighters shoot down 2 Ju 88s over Bay of Biscay. Nearly 300 night bombers attack St Nazaire.

WW2 War Diary for Sunday, March 21, 1943: Eastern Front Southern Sector: Germans recapture Belgorod, northeast of Kharkov. Spring thaw slows down operations. Sea War Atlantic: US submarine Herring sinks

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, March 20, 1943: Africa Tunisia – BATTLE OF MARETH: (March 20-28) British 8th Army attack Axis forces holding the ‘African Maginot Line’, along Tunisia-Libya border.

WW2 War Diary for Friday, March 19, 1943: Air War Mediterranean: German aircraft employ ‘circling torpedoes’ against Allied shipping in Tripoli harbour. Home Fronts USA: Frank Nitti, notorious gangster and

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, March 18, 1943: Eastern Front Southern Sector: Panzers reach Belgorod on river Donets, northeast of Kharkov. Air War Britain: 2 unsuccessful night raids on Norwich

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, March 17, 1943: Southeast Asia Burma:: Japanese launch counter-attack against British and Indian forces advancing along Arakan coast.