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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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29th March 1943: A graphic eye witness account of US heavy artillery preparing the ground for a tank attack

Mar 29

28th March 1943: In Warsaw gentile Poles take enormous risks to provide Jews with a refuge

Mar 28

27th March 1943: A British General give his account of the final stages of the 'Left Hook' during the Mareth Line battles

Mar 27

26th March 1943: A vivid account of a tank battle 80 years ago today, during the Mareth Line 'Left Hook'

Mar 26

26th March 1943: Lieutenant Ngarimu wins first VC for Maoris, fighting to the death with his men

Mar 26

25th March 1943: The reality of Jungle warfare for a young officer

Mar 25

24th March 1943: A seasoned veteran watches as fresh new troops encounter the reality of life on the front

Mar 24

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

22nd March 1943: The Khatyn atrocity is now remembered as representative of hundreds of similar actions that took place in Belarus

Mar 22

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

20th March 1943: A British war correspondent is impressed by the quantity and quality of American equipment and supplies

Mar 20

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