Diary March 31, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Friday, March 31, 1944: Sea War Merchant shipping losses in March 1944: 8 Allied ships with 41,562 tons in Atlantic, 17 Allied ships with 116,398 tons […]
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Diary March 30, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, March 30, 1944: Air War Germany – NUREMBURG RAID: German night fighters score their greatest victory, destroying 94 (total of 108 including write-offs and crash
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Diary March 29, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, March 29, 1944: Southeast Asia Burma – SIEGE OF IMPHAL: Having crossed Burma-India border, Japanese 15th Army encircles 155,000 British-Indian troops on Imphal Plain and
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Diary March 28, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, March 28, 1944: Sea War Black Sea: 24,145 German and Rumanian troops and wounded evacuated from Odessa (March 28-April 10). Home Fronts Canada: Death of
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Diary March 27, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Monday, March 27, 1944: Air War Britain: Abortive night raid on Bristol (and on April 23-24). Germany: 677 RAF bombers attacking Essen and dropping 2,834t of
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Diary March 26, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, March 26, 1944: Eastern Front Southern Sector: 2nd Ukrainian Front reaches river Pruth (Soviet-Rumanian border from 1940-41 after previous Russian occupation of Moldau province) along
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Diary March 25, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, March 25, 1944: Eastern Front Southern Sector: Russians capture Proskurov, West Ukraine. Southeast Asia Burma: US and Chinese forces capture Shaduzup in Mogaung Valley.
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Diary March 24, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Friday, March 24, 1944: Air War Burma: Major-General Orde Wingate, leader of the Chindits, killed in air crash in Burma; aged 41. Germany: 1,000 bomber night
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Diary March 23, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, March 23, 1944: Air War Germany: 8th US AF attacks Hamm marshalling yards.
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Diary March 22, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, March 22, 1944: Air War Germany: 8th US AF bombs Berlin. 816 RAF night bombers drop c.3,000 t bombs on Frankfurt (night March 22-23). Mediterranean
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Diary March 21, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, March 21, 1944: Eastern Front Southern Sector: Russian troops cut Cernauti-Balti railway.
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Diary March 20, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Monday, March 20, 1944: Eastern Front Southern Sector: First Ukrainian Front captures Vinnitsa on river Bug. Southeast Asia Burma: Chinese and American secure Hukawng Valley. Sea
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Diary March 19, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, March 19, 1944: Home Fronts Hungary: GERMAN OCCUPATION OF HUNGARY (Operation Panzerfaust), to forestall Hungarian attempts to make separate peace with Western Allies; Prime Minister
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Diary March 18, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, March 18, 1944: Home Fronts Italy: Eruptions from Mt Vesuvius; 2 villages engulfed by lava; 26 killed (March 18-22). Hungary: Regent Horthy visits Hitler to
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Diary March 17, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Friday, March 17, 1944: Mediterranean Italy: NZ troops take Cassino railway station. Sea War Mediterranean: U-boat U-371 sinks US troopship Dempo (498 killed). Politics Finland: Government
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