Diary March 18, 1944

03-1944, Diary WW2, War Diary, Year 1944 / 1 minute of reading

eruption of Mt Vesuvius 1944 — A considerable number of US B-25 Mitchell‘s are destroyed by the eruption of Mt Vesuvius.

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 request repatriation of Hungarian forces from Eastern Front but the Fuehrer declares his intention to occupy Hungary.

Air War

Germany: In heaviest raid of war to date, 769 RAF bombers drop 3,000 t. bombs on Frankfurt (night 18-19).

Mediterranean

Italy: NZs repulsed with heavy losses at Cassino.

Sea War

Indian Ocean: 72 Allied prisoners (from MV Behar) beheaded aboard Japanese cruiser Tone.
Pacific: US battleships bombard Mili Atoll; Battleship Iowa damaged by coastal battery.

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My name is Norman 'Kretaner' and since my childhood I am interested in history and strategy games. Later, I have learned programming and the development of computer games, and finally with the Internet, also web design. I'm in the fortunate position to combine all my interests with my work and to live on a place of my choice, on Crete. All information, figures, specifications and statistics used here had been compiled from a variety of sources and the large, over decades collected, library of the author about military history, WW2 and weapons.