Today in World War II History—March 11, 1944

Patches of the US Fifth Air Force and the US Fifteenth Air Force, WWII

80 Years Ago—Mar. 11, 1944: In Denmark, Germans arrest 13 members of Hvidsten Group (resistance) and an SOE agent.

US Fifth Air Force begins neutralizing Japanese airfields at Wewak, New Guinea, in preparation for April landings at Hollandia.

US Fifteenth Air Force (based in Italy) bombs Toulon, France, sinking German U-boats U-380 and U-410 and several French warships that had been raised by the Germans.

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