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Russian Front
Soviet 2nd Byelorussian Front reaches outskirts of Gotenhafen (Gdynia)
   Soviet advance to the Oder, January - April 1945

German Army Group South attacks making minimal progress around Lake Balaton
   Southern flank of the Russian Front, 1944-1945

Baltic Sea
German vessel Gerrit Fritzen sunk by Soviet aircraft during evacuation operations
   Naval operations in the Baltic Sea
   Air operations in the Russo-German War, 1941-1945

Kriegsmarine minesweeper M-3137 sunk by Soviet aircraft during evacuation operations
   Naval operations in the Baltic Sea
   Air operations in the Russo-German War, 1941-1945

Kriegsmarine sub chaser UJ-303 sunk by Soviet aircraft during evacuation operations
   Naval operations in the Baltic Sea
   Air operations in the Russo-German War, 1941-1945

Kriegsmarine sub chaser UJ-305 sinks in heavy weather
   Naval operations in the Baltic Sea

Norway
German vessel Paris sunk by RN MTBs off Haugesund
   Naval operations in Northwest European waters, 1944-1945
   Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945

Germany
Disobeying Hitler, Himmler orders concentration camps must be razed and prisoners murdered if Allied forces approach
   Germany: The Holocaust
   Heinrich Himmler

Two V-2 rocket launches against Antwerp
   V-weapons offensive and defenses, 1944-1945
   Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945

US 8th Air Force attacks rail yards with 653 bombers
   Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
   Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
   Eighth Air Force: Operations and missions

US 8th Air Force attacks Swinemunde with 661 bombers
   Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
   Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
   Eighth Air Force: Operations and missions

Kriegsmarine sub chaser V-2003 sunk by US 8th Air Force aircraft at Swinemunde
   Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
   Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
   Eighth Air Force: Operations and missions
   Naval operations in the Baltic Sea

Kriegsmarine minesweepers R-243, R-272, R-273, R-274, R-275, and R-276 sunk by US 8th Air Force aircraft at Swinemunde
   Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
   Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
   Eighth Air Force: Operations and missions
   Naval operations in the Baltic Sea

German vessel Cordillera and four other vessels sunk by US 8th Air Force aircraft at Swinemunde
   Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
   Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
   Eighth Air Force: Operations and missions
   Naval operations in the Baltic Sea

US 15th Air Force attacks Vienna, Graz, Weiner-Neustadt, Zeltweg, and Knittelfeld with 790 bombers and 98 fighters
   Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
   Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
   Fifteenth Air Force: Operations and missions

RAF Bomber Command sends 1108 aircraft, of which two lost, to attack Dortumund during the day in its largest attack of the war
   Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
   Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
   Bomber Command: Operations and missions

RAF Bomber Command sends 81 aircraft to attack Berlin overnight
   Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
   Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
   Bomber Command: Operations and missions
   Strategic bombing of Berlin

Netherlands
Eighteen V-2 rocket launches against England
   V-weapons offensive and defenses, 1944-1945
   Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945

Three V-2 rocket launches against Antwerp
   V-weapons offensive and defenses, 1944-1945
   Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945

Northwest Europe
US 1st Army expanding bridgehead across the Rhine, repulses counterattacks, and captures Hargarten
   From the Rhine to V-E Day, March - May 1945

US 3rd Army mopping up west of the Rhine and preparing to assault across the Moselle River
   From the Rhine to V-E Day, March - May 1945

US 7th Army regrouping for new attacks
   From the Rhine to V-E Day, March - May 1945

RAF 2nd Tactical Air Force aircraft support ground operations, escort bombers, attack transportation targets
   From the Rhine to V-E Day, March - May 1945
   Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
   Fighter Command / 2nd Tactical Air Force: Operations and missions

RAF 2nd Tactical Air Force conducts Ramrod operation
   From the Rhine to V-E Day, March - May 1945
   Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
   Fighter Command / 2nd Tactical Air Force: Operations and missions

US 9th Air Force aircraft fly armed recon, escort, ground support, and tactical bombing missions
   From the Rhine to V-E Day, March - May 1945
   Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945

North Sea
RAF Bomber Command sends 19 aircraft to conduct minelaying operations overnight
   Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
   Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
   Bomber Command: Operations and missions

English Channel
U-683 sunk by mine, possibly on this date
   Naval operations in Northwest European waters, 1944-1945
   The U-Boat war, 1939-1945

United Kingdom
Convoy ONS 44 departs Liverpool for Halifax
   Atlantic convoys

Croatia
US 12th Air Force aircraft attack Zagreb
   Gothic Line to the Alps, August 1944 - May 1945
   Air operations in the Italian campaign, 1943-1945

Italy
US 12th Air Force aircraft attack transportation lines, supply depots, and other targets throughout northern Italy
   Gothic Line to the Alps, August 1944 - May 1945
   Air operations in the Italian campaign, 1943-1945

East Indies
US 20th Air Force attacks several targets with 44 B-29 bombers
   Operations in the East Indies, 1942-1945
   Air operations in the East Indies

Philippine Islands
On Luzon, US 6th Army attacking Shimbu Line, enters Antipolo, and attacking around Mainaga
   Philippines campaign, 1944-1945

US 8th Army attacking around San Roque on Mindanao Island
   Philippines campaign, 1944-1945

Detachment of US 8th Army lands on Simara Island
   Philippines campaign, 1944-1945
   Naval operations in the Philippines, 1942-1945

Detachment of US 8th Army captures Romblon town on Romblon Island
   Philippines campaign, 1944-1945

US FEAF aircraft attack various targets and support US 6th Army operations on Luzon
   Philippines campaign, 1944-1945
   Air operations in the Philippines, 1944-1945

Formosa
US FEAF aircraft attack multiple targets
   Air operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area, 1941-1945

Ryukyu Islands
IJN guardboat No. 1 Hinode Maru sunk by US aircraft
   Naval operations in Japanese waters
   Air operations over the Japanese Home Islands, 1942-1945

IJN guardboat Shosei Maru sunk by US aircraft
   Naval operations in Japanese waters
   Air operations over the Japanese Home Islands, 1942-1945

Volcano Islands
US V Amphibious Corps making steady progress against Japanese pockets on Iwo Jima
   Landings on Iwo Jima, February 1945
   Operations in the Bonin Islands and Volcano Islands, 1944-1945

Bonin Islands
US 7th Air Force aircraft attack Chichi Jima and Haha Jima
   Air operations over Chichi Jima
   Operations in the Bonin Islands and Volcano Islands, 1944-1945
   Air operations over the Japanese Home Islands, 1942-1945

French Indochina
Japan establishes National Federation of Tonkin government in Hanoi
   Japan: Occupied territories
   Indo-China and Thailand operations, 1940-1945: Politics and diplomacy
   Indo-China: Occupation, collaboration, and resistance

Burma
British 14th Army attacking Japanese 15th Army in Mandalay
   Allied return to Burma and beyond, 1944-1945

US 10th Air Force attacks bridge at Hay-ti with 12 fighters
   Allied return to Burma and beyond, 1944-1945
   Air operations in the China - Burma - India theater

US 10th Air Force conducts sweeps and attacks transportation targets with 66 fighters
   Allied return to Burma and beyond, 1944-1945
   Air operations in the China - Burma - India theater

US 10th Air Force attacks Japanese positions, supply depots, and other targets with 13 bombers and 35 fighters
   Allied return to Burma and beyond, 1944-1945
   Air operations in the China - Burma - India theater

Dates are local to the time zone in which the event occurred, but discrepancies and inconsistencies abound throughout the sources, especially when events ocurred shortly before or after midnight.

Entries on file for this date: 46
Total entries on file: 58,572
Updated: 10:06 Pacific Time on 12 March 2010

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Principal sources for this War Diary
Alden. U.S. Submarine Attacks during World War II
Argyle. Chronology of World War II
Brown. Warship Losses of World War Two
Browning. US Merchant Vessel Casualties of World War II
Carter and Mueller. Combat Chronology, 1941-1945
Cressman. The Official Chronology of the US Navy in World War II
Edelheit and Edelheit. A World in Turmoil
Foreman. Fighter Command War Diaries (five volumes)
Goralski. World War II Almanac, 1931-1945
Hague. The Allied Convoy System
Hammel. Air War Europa
Hammel. Air War Pacific
Hauner. Hitler: A Chronology of His Life and Time
Kay. Chronology: New Zealand in the War, 1939-1946
Middlebrook and Everitt. Bomber Command War Diaries
Niestle. German U-Boat Losses during World War II
Rohwer. Allied Submarine Attacks of World War Two
Rohwer. Axis Submarine Successes of World War Two
Rohwer. Chronology of the War at Sea
Salmaggi and Pallavisini. 2194 Days of War
Sommerville. World War II Day by Day
Swain. A Chronology of Australian Armed Forces at War, 1939-45
Taylor. Barbarossa to Berlin (two volumes)
Williams. Chronology, 1941-1945
Young. Britain's Sea War

Various other Chronology volumes also served as sources.

Many additional volumes were consulted for specific topics.
 

 

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