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 | 1942-03-28 | St Nazaire | The obsolete destroyer HMS Campbeltown is rammed into the St. Nazaire lock gates and blown up, ending use of the dock. Five Victoria Crosses were awarded to men involved in the raid, which has been called The Greatest Raid of All. | Read about 'St Nazaire' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'St Nazaire' | |
| 1942-03-28 | Bombing of Lubeck | The first major success for RAF Bomber Command against a German city. 234 Wellington and Stirling bombers dropped about 400 tons of bombs including 25,000 incendiary devices. Twelve aircraft were lost in the attack. | Read about 'Bombing of Lubeck' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Bombing of Lubeck' | |
| 1942-03-26 | Women arrive at Auschwitz | For the first time the Auschwitz concentration camp begins taking female prisoners. | Read about 'Women arrive at Auschwitz' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Women arrive at Auschwitz' | |
| 1942-03-23 | Andaman Islands | To secure their seaward flank a Japanese task force, led by the cruiser Chokai, is dispatched to capture the Andaman Islands. | Read about 'Andaman Islands' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Andaman Islands' | |
| 1942-03-22 | Second Battle of Sirte | A Italian force led by a battleship and two heavy cruisers fails to destroy a British convoy, but delays the ships enough to leave them exposed to subsequent air attacks, during which 80% of the convoy's supplies are lost. | Read about 'Second Battle of Sirte' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Second Battle of Sirte' | |
| 1942-03-20 | I shall return | General Douglas MacArthur, made his famous speech at Terowie regarding the Battle of the Philippines, in which he said: "I came out of Bataan and I shall return". | Read about 'I shall return' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'I shall return' | |
| 1942-03-12 | 1942-03-13 | Channel Dash | Scharnhorst,Gneisenau and Prinz Eugen succesfully escape up-channel from Brest to home bases in Germany. The Kriegsmarine escape detection for more than 12 hours before they were attacked by British air and naval forces. They escape without heavy damage. | Read about 'Channel Dash' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Channel Dash' |
| 1942-03-08 | 1942-03-09 | Battle of Sarimbun Beach | Australian machine gunners opened fire on vessels carrying a first wave of 4,000 troops from the 5th and 18th Divisions towards Singapore island. The 22nd Brigade bore the brunt of the attack and, unreinforced, was forced to withdraw. | Read about 'Battle of Sarimbun Beach' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Battle of Sarimbun Beach' |
| 1942-03-08 | Dutch surrender Java | Dutch forces in Java surrender to the Japanese. | Read about 'Dutch surrender Java' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Dutch surrender Java' | |
| 1942-03-03 | Bombing of Broome | 10 Japanese aircraft raid the Western Australian town of Broome killing 88 people and destroying 22 aircraft. | Read about 'Bombing of Broome' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Bombing of Broome' |
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