Mar 24 150 bombers fly from Italy to bomb Berlin.
Mar 07 The tandem rotor XHRP-X transport helicopter, built under Navy contract by P-V Engineering Forum made its first flight at the contractor's plant at Sharon Hill
Mar 08 "Kiss Me Kate" opens in Britain
Mar 15 Billboard publishes its first album chart (King Cole Trio is #1)
Mar 25 US 4th Armored division arrives at Hanau & Aschaffenburg
Mar 30 USSR invades Austria during WWII
Mar 03 Churchill visits Montgomery's headquarter
Mar 05 Generals Eisenhower, Patton & Patch meet in Luneville
Mar 06 Assassination attempt on Höhere, SS Police führer Rauter
Mar 15 Catholic University of Nijmegen reopens
Mar 01 Hitler orders the destruction of all Germany; it is unworthy of surviving him. His order mandates the destruction not only of military installations, but also of all stores, industries, and transportation and communication installations. Nothing is to fall into enemy hands.
Mar 05 US 7th Army Corps captures Cologne
Mar 03 US 7th Army occupies last part of Westwall
Mar 27 Iwo Jima occupied, after 22,000 Japanese & 6,000 US killed
Mar 13 Queen Wilhelmina returns to Netherlands
Mar 02 8th Air Force bombs Dresden
Mar 12 New York is the first to prohibit discrimination by race &creed in employment
Mar 15 17th Academy Awards: "Going my Way", Bing Cosby and Ingrid Bergman win
Mar 19 British 36th division conquers Mogok (ruby mine)
Mar 01 FDR announces success of Yalta Conference
Mar 10 Japan declares Vietnam Independence
Mar 24 US minesweepers reach Kerama Retto, South coast of Okinawa
Mar 26 Venray soccer team forms
Mar 10 Germany blows-up Wessel Bridge on Rhine
Mar 07 US 9th Armoured Division attacks Remagen Germany, crosses Rhine
