Diary for Thursday, March 8, 1945:
Burma
Western Front
British 2nd Army captures Xanten: Allied armies now stand along the Rhine from Nijmegen to Koblenz.
Air War
Britain: V-2 kills 110 and seriously injures 123 at Farringdon Market, London.
Sea War
Granville Harbor (Normandy) raided by German assault troops from Channel Islands who sink 4 coasters and free 67 prisoners (night March 8-9).