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Irish Guards in 'suicidal' attack
30th March 1943: An attempt to take the hilltop feature 'Recce Ridge' by infantry assault alone sees one Company wiped out
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Patton's troops advance at El Guettar
29th March 1943: A graphic eye witness account of US heavy artillery preparing the ground for a tank attack
Mar 29
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A precarious sanctuary in Poland
28th March 1943: In Warsaw gentile Poles take enormous risks to provide Jews with a refuge
Mar 28
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Stalingrad - 'Gingerbread or the Whip'
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The end of U-331
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Patton takes command in North Africa
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A Sniper in Stalingrad
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Arctic Convoy JW53 battered in gales
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The agony continues in Stalingrad
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British armour out flanks the Germans
27th March 1943: A British General give his account of the final stages of the 'Left Hook' during the Mareth Line battles
Mar 27
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'Tank Commander'
26th March 1943: A vivid account of a tank battle 80 years ago today, during the Mareth Line 'Left Hook'
Mar 26
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Heroic hilltop stand by Maori Battalion
26th March 1943: Lieutenant Ngarimu wins first VC for Maoris, fighting to the death with his men
Mar 26
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Gurkha Ambush in Burma
25th March 1943: The reality of Jungle warfare for a young officer
Mar 25
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Welcome to the Eastern Front
24th March 1943: A seasoned veteran watches as fresh new troops encounter the reality of life on the front
Mar 24
Journey to the Death Railway
23 March 1943: A survivors account of how even being transported up to the area where they were forced to work was an appalling ordeal for Allied POWs
Mar 23
Khatyn: another massacre of civilians
22nd March 1943: The Khatyn atrocity is now remembered as representative of hundreds of similar actions that took place in Belarus
Mar 22
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The Mareth Line battle hots up
21st March 1943: As the British Eighth Army attacks the German positions, a flanking move into the desert is discovered by the Luftwaffe
Mar 21
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Stalingrad - 'Gingerbread or the Whip'
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The end of U-331
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Patton takes command in North Africa
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A Sniper in Stalingrad
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Arctic Convoy JW53 battered in gales
7
The agony continues in Stalingrad
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