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March 16, 2016
Today in World War II History—March 16, 1941
German U-boat U-100, 1940 (public domain)
75 Years Ago—Mar. 16, 1941: British destroyer HMS Vanoc becomes the first ship to track a submarine (U-100) by radar—destroyers Vanoc and Walker will sink U-100 the next day. In first successful amphibious landing of the war, British and Indian troops land at Italian-occupied Berbera in British Somaliland and take Berbera.
March 15, 2016
Today in World War II History—March 15, 1941
German battlecruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau in port, circa summer 1939
75 Years Ago—Mar. 15, 1941: German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau sink 15 Allied ships in the North Atlantic over next two days. Severe blizzard in North Dakota and Minnesota kills 151. New songs in Top Ten: “Amapola” and “Georgia on My Mind.”
March 14, 2016
Today in World War II History—March 14, 1941
A6M Zero fighters of Japanese Navy Genzan Air Group at Genzan (now Wonsan), Korea, 1940-1941
75 Years Ago—Mar. 14, 1941: Japanese fighters raid Chengtu, China in longest range for fighter operation of war so far.
March 13, 2016
Today in World War II History—March 13, 1941
75 Years Ago—Mar. 13, 1941: Pres. Franklin Roosevelt establishes President’s Committee on War Relief Agencies.
March 12, 2016
Today in World War II History—March 12, 1941
Police and Army bomb disposal officers with a defused German 1000kg ‘Luftmine’ (parachute mine) in Glasgow, 18 March 1941 (Imperial War Museum)
75 Years Ago—Mar. 12, 1941: Luftwaffe bombs Clydebank, Scotland, leaving 75% of the population homeless.
March 11, 2016
Today in World War II History—March 11, 1941
Pres. Franklin Roosevelt signing the Lend-Lease bill, 11 Mar 1941 (Library of Congress)
75 Years Ago—Mar. 11, 1941: Lend-Lease Act signed by President Roosevelt, authorizing loan of war materiél to the United Kingdom ($50 billion would be spent on aid to Allies throughout war). British Handley Page Halifax bomber makes combat debut in raid to Le Havre.
March 10, 2016
Today in World War II History—March 10, 1941
Vice Adm. Adolphus Andrews (US Naval History and Heritage Command)
75 Years Ago—Mar. 10, 1941: Vice Adm. Adolphus Andrews assumes command of US Navy’s new North Atlantic Naval Coast Frontier (later the Eastern Sea Frontier).
March 9, 2016
Today in World War II History—March 9, 1941
75 Years Ago—Mar. 9, 1941: British Ministry of Labour appeals for 100,000 women to work in factories. Italians launch Primavera offensive in Albania, which will be repelled by the Greeks. Japanese establish intelligence network in San Diego CA to spy on US shipping.
March 8, 2016
Today in World War II History—March 8, 1941
75 Years Ago—Mar. 8, 1941: In heaviest Luftwaffe raid on London in two months, the Café de Paris nightclub on Coventry Street is destroyed. Philadelphia Phillies’ pitcher Hugh Mulcahy becomes first Major League Baseball player drafted.
March 7, 2016
Today in World War II History—March 7, 1941
Maj. Jimmy Stewart confers with a B-24 crew member, England, 1943 (US Air Force photo)
75 Years Ago—Mar. 7, 1941: In convoy OB-293 off Iceland, U-99 and U-47 sink British whaling factory ship Terje Viken, one of the largest ships sunk in war at 20,000 tons; U-47 is lost to an unknown cause (45 killed, including captain Günther Prien, famous for his raid on Scapa Flow on 14 October 1939). First British troops land in Greece to aid Greeks against Italians. Actor James Stewart is inducted into US Army.
