Diary March 9, 1943

03-1943, Diary WW2, War Diary, Year 1943 / 1 minute of reading

Munich after the night bombing raid from March 9, 1943.

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, March 9, 1943:

Air War

Germany: Night raid on Munich by 217 bombers {500 t bombs); Nymphenburg Castle damaged.

Eastern Front

Southern Sector: Russians withdraw from Krasnodar (Donets Basin) and Barvenkovo.

Africa

Tunisia: Von Arnim succeeds Rommel in Tunisia; Rommel leaves Africa.

Sea War

Indian Ocean: 3 trapped German merchant ships scuttled at Marmagao (Portuguese India) by British commandos of the Calcutta Light Horse in SOE operation to stop radioing of shipping movements to U-boats in the Indian Ocean. Not made public till 1978.

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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.