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Panic as the Red Army approaches
19th March 1944: There is chaos in eastern Poland as the Nazis depart and the German 'settlers' are abandoned to their fate
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USAAF disaster over Friedrichshafen
18th March 1944: A dramatic account of being under attack 20,000 feet over Germany as the 392nd Bomb Group loses half its planes
Mar 18
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'In the Service of the Emperor'
This excerpt from a one-volume overview of Japan's war looks at the British and American Long Range Penetration of Burma in 1944
Mar 17
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Burma - Battles behind the Lines
17th March 1944: In mid March both the American 'Merrill's Marauders' and the British 'Chindits' engage the Japanese deep in the jungle
Mar 17
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Montgomery addresses invasion troops
16th March 1944: As D-Day aproaches General Montgomery emabarks on a morale boosting speaking tour
Mar 16
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The Bombing of the Monastery
15th March 1944: The Allies obliterate the Monte Cassino Monastery that dominates the high ground on the front line in Italy, the German 'Gustav Line'
Mar 15
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The reality of the Black Market in Italy
14th March 1944: Desperate for food, Italian children fall victim to Allied efforts to prevent widespread thefts from their supplies
Mar 14
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Murder on the High Seas
13th March 1944: A U-boat commander orders the shooting of all ship wreck survivors on the grounds of 'operational necessity'
Mar 13
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Murder in a US POW camp
12th March 1944: Nazi submariners kill fellow POW who has co-operated with his captors - leading to the last mass execution in the U.S.
Mar 12
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Heroic single handed bayonet attack
11th March 1944: Sikh soldier makes a sustained attack on Japanese trenches despite multiple wounds - and earns Victoria Cross
Mar 11
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'While Berlin Burns'
As first the RAF hit Berlin and then USAAF bombers appear in daylight, Hans-Georg von Studnitz was keeping a diary in the German Foreign Ministry
Mar 10
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The desperate battle for Hill 260
10th March 1944: On Bougainville, Company G of the US Army's 182nd Infantry Regiment are massively outnumbered but hold on and fight back
Mar 10
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