03-1944

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 […]

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

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

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

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

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.

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

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, March 23, 1944: Air War Germany: 8th US AF attacks Hamm marshalling yards.

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

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, March 21, 1944: Eastern Front Southern Sector: Russian troops cut Cernauti-Balti railway.

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

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

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

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

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, March 16, 1944: Mediterranean Italy: Three-quarters of Cassino town now in Allied hands. Occupied Territories France: Deat appointed Vichy Minister of Labour.

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, March 15, 1944: Air War Mediterranean: Europe: Allied bombers obliterate Cassino town, dropping 1,107 t. bombs. Germany: 1,000 RAF 4-engined bombers raid Stuttgart, dropping 3,000

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, March 14, 1944: Eastern Front Southern Sector: Malinovsky eliminates German pocket near Nikolayev (10,000 killed, 4,000 captured). Occupied Territories Italy: Virginio Gayda, retired editor of

WW2 War Diary for Monday, March 13, 1944: Eastern Front Southern Sector: Malinovsky captures Dnieper river port of Kherson. Sea War Atlantic: U-boat U-852 fires on survivors of torpedoed Greek

WW2 War Diary for Sunday, March 12, 1944: Eastern Front Southern Sector: Uman (Ukraine) captured by 2nd Ukrainian Front. Occupied Territories Czechoslovakia: Government in London broadcasts call to arms.