Air Operations, Asia
Only 3 of 30 Chinese fighters escape destruction in a battle with a squadron of 12 Japanese Zeros over Chengtu. The Japanese suffer no losses.
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]Australia, Politics
Prime Minister Robert G. Menzies forms a new coalition Cabinet to improve the direction of the war effort.
[]Finland
The evacuation of 470,000 people from lost territories begins (completes Mar 26).
Finns and Russians Meet at Hangoe |
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| ]Germany, Home Front
Göring demands that all useful metals - especially copper, bronze and nickel - be given up for the war effort.
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