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8 March 1943
What happened on this day in the Second World War, from 1939 to 1945, with a source for every entry.
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Each day we list events from the Second World War that happened on that date, from 1939 to 1945. Every entry names its source and links to it, so you can read further. Entries are sourced and machine-screened before they go up, a subset is human-reviewed, and we add more over time.
6 sourced entries for this date.
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Entries
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Tunisia
18 Army Group: Takes command of U.S. II Corps, but leaves Fr 19th Corps attached to Br First Army. II Corps continues planning for offensive in mid-March. Forward elements of SE Algerian Command occupy Tozeur.
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USSR
Red Army troops capture Sychevka, N of Vyazma, forcing enemy back toward Smolensk.
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Nuremberg is heavily bombed.
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China-Burma-India Theater
THOR mission records show at least 32 Allied sorties (6 recorded unit missions) in the China-Burma-India Theater on 1943-03-08, flown by USAAF 10th Air Force. Targets included BURMA.
Source US Air Force THOR (opens external site)
THOR is a secondary compilation with known gaps, not a complete record.
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Pacific Theater
THOR mission records show at least 5 Allied sorties (5 recorded unit missions) in the Pacific Theater on 1943-03-08, flown by USAAF 5th Air Force. Targets included NEW GUINEA, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
Source US Air Force THOR (opens external site)
THOR is a secondary compilation with known gaps, not a complete record.
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