Mar 22 Dutch work week extended to 54 hour
Mar 06 Sukarno asks for cooperation with Japanese occupiers
Mar 07 General-Major Patton arrives in Djebel Kouif Tunisia
Mar 19 Airship Canadian Star torpedoed &sinks
Mar 17 The ships, Aldemarin (Ned) and Fort Cedar Lake (US) torpedoed and sink
Mar 23 German counter attack on US lines in Tunisia
Mar 27 Assassination attempt on Van de Peat at Amsterdams census bureau
Mar 16 Flight Lieutenant WE Newton awarded posthumously the Victoria Cross Newton was the only member of the RAAF to win the Victoria Cross in the Pacific war
Mar 22 Crematorium II at Birkenau is now ready for use.
Mar 25 97% of all Dutch physicians strike againt Nazi registration
Mar 02 Canadian budget introduces unique PAY , PAY, PAY AND pay-as-you-earn income tax system.
Mar 31 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "Oklahoma!" opens on Broadway
Mar 29 Meat, butter & cheese rationed in US during WWII (784 gram/week, 2 kilogram for GI's)
Mar 08 Limited gambling legalized in Mexico
Mar 26 The first woman to receive air medal (US army nurse Elsie S Ott)
Mar 31 US errantly bombs Rotterdam, kills 326
Mar 05 RAF bombs Essen Germany
Mar 03 Bomb falls into London shelter; 173 die
Mar 07 Navy representatives witnessed landing trials of the XR-4 helicopter aboard the merchant tanker Bunker
Mar 18 Red Army evacuates Belgorod
Mar 26 Battle of Komandorski Islands, Pacific Ocean
Mar 15 Red Army evacuates Kharkov
Mar 27 US begins assault on Fondouk-pass, Tunisia
Mar 03 F Ryerson & Cohn Claues' "Harriet", premieres in New York NY
Mar 09 Greek Jews of Salonika are transported to Nazi extermination camps
