Air Operations, CBI
BURMA- 49 10th Air Force fighter-bombers attack Japanese Army supply lines, a bivouac, and a truck park.
- 46 P-47s and 459th Fighter Squadron P-38s sweep roads.
- 13 P-47s support British 14th Army ground forces near Mogok.
- 32 308th Heavy Bomb Group B-24s attack rail yards at Tehsien and Tsanghsien.
- 10 B-24s and 4 14th Air Force P-40s attack Siangtan and nearby targets of opportunity.
- More than 60 fighter-bombers attack troops, artillery positions, airfields, and road, rail, and river traffic at Changsha, Hankow, Hengyang, Kiyang, Sinyang, Wuchang, Yiyang, and Yoyang.
- Thirty-two 308th Heavy Bomb Group B-24s attack rail yards at Tehsien and Tsanghsien; 10 B-24s and 4 14th Air Force P-40s attack Siangtan and nearby targets of opportunity; and more than 60 fighter-bombers attack troops, artillery emplacements, airfields, and road, rail, and river traffic at Changsha, Hankow, Hengyang, Kiyang, Sinyang, Wuchang, Yiyang, and Yoyang.
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]Air Operations, East Indies
XIII Bomber Command B-24s attack the Jesselton and Kudat airfields on Borneo.
[ | ]Air Operations, Europe
RAF BOMBER COMMAND
Daylight Ops:
- 155 Lancasters of No. 3 Group carry out a G-H attack on the oil refinery at Scholven/Buer. Photographs taken later show this to have been a very accurate and effective raid.
- There are no losses.
Minor Ops:
- 60 Mosquitos are sent to Berlin, and 4 each to Gotha, Jena and Weimar, and there are 10 Mosquito patrols and 35 RCM sorties.
- There are no losses.
| ]Air Operations, Japan
Before dawn, 279 of 325 XXI Bomber Command aircraft attack Tokyo urban areas with 1,665 tons of incendiary bombs from between 4,900 feet and 9,200 feet. This is the opening of a program of night fire raids to be directed against the Japanese civilian population. 20 other B-29s attack alternate targets. 15 square miles of the Tokyo city area is burned out and an estimated 83,000 Japanese are killed. 14 B-29s are lost. 5 of 7 28th Composite Bomb Group B-24s dispatched attack several targets in the Kurile Islands with the aid of radar.
[ | ]Air Operations, Malaya
24 40th Very Heavy Bomb Group B-29s attack marshalling yards at Kuala Lumpur with 100 tons of bombs while 3 other B-29s attack other targets.
[ | ]Air Operations, Pacific
In another fire raid on Tokyo, 170 B-29s destroy a square mile of the city and 27,970 buildings. Premier Koiso expresses sympathy to the Japanese people for their suffering at the hands of the 'most cruel and barbaric' Americans.
[ | ]Air Operations, Philippines
- XIII Bomber Command B-24s and FEAF B-25s attack several targets on the Zamboanga Peninsula.
- B-25s and A-20s support Filipino guerrilla forces.
- V Bomber Command B-24s attack the Aparri airfield on Luzon and the Ipo area.
- 5th Air Force tactical aircraft support a US 6th Army attack against the Japanese Army’s Shimbu Line and numerous other targets on Luzon.
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In the northern sector, units of the British 36th Div take Mongmit.
[ | ]Diplomatic Relations
Roosevelt informs Spain she can expect no US aid while the Franco dictatorship continues.
Transylvania is restored to Rumania by the Soviet Union.
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Eastern Front
- The commander of the 3rd Ukraine Front, Fyodor Tolbukhin, asks the Soviet Supreme Command for reinforcements in view of the very real threat constituted by the German counteroffensive (Operation WALDTEUFEL). But he is denied any. The German advance in the Lake Balaton area begins to be slowed by the fierce Soviet ground and air resistance, by the atrocious muddy conditions and by the lack of fuel for the tanks and other vehicles. The Germans have to break off their thrust toward the Danube, which is stoutly resisted, but they continue with their penetration along the Sarviz Canal, west of Lake Velencei. They send all their armored reserves into the battle. The German Army Group Center is still heavily engaged by the 1st Ukraine Front near Oppeln (Opole), in Breslau, near Grottkau (Grodkow), Striegau (Strzegom) and Lauban (Luban).[MORE] [ | ]Philippines
On Luzon there is a violent aerial and artillery bombardment of the Shimbu line, east of Manila and fighting continues south of Lagura de Bay where the US forces are still trying to break through to the east. With support provided by US Navy gunfire and USAAF ground-attack aircraft, part of the US 41st Div is landed near Zamboanga on the westernmost tip of Mindanao.
Units of the US 8th Army sail from Mindanao to occupy Romblon and Simara islands. On Mindanao, after a powerful preparation by aircraft and warships, the US 41st Div lands on the Zamboanga peninsula and overcoming weak Japanese resistance, occupies Wolfe airfield and advances on Mindanao City. The operation is designed to deny the Japanese passage from the Sulu to the Celebes Sea. Gen Jens A. Doe commands the troops and Adm Daniel E. Barbey the naval support.
Organized Japanese resistance on the island of Palawan comes to an end.
[ | ]Western Front
The 1st Army finishes off Operation VERITABLE with the capture of the region between the Moselle and Rhine Rivers and, with the II Corps, also concludes Operation BLOCKBUSTER, as a result of which the Allies have control of the Calcar-Uden-Xanten sector. The success of the 2 operations has cost the 21st Army Group over 23,000 casualties
7,300 American, about 5,500 Canadian and 10,500 British.
In the US 1st Army sector, the 9th Div, III Corps, extends its bridgehead over the Rhine at Remagen, where the 78th Div also intervenes, while the Germans continue their efforts to destroy the bridge. The 4th Arm Div, XII Corps, US 3rd Army, completes the occupation west of the Rhine between Andernach and Koblenz and north of the Moselle between Koblenz and Cochem, which last place is reached by units of the 5th Div. On the southern flank of the army the XX Corps is reinforced by the 80th Div in readiness for the attack on the Saarburg bridgehead planned for March 13. The 10th Arm Div reaches its objectives in the Wittlich sector and begins to advance toward the Moselle.
Field Marshal Albert Kesselring arrives from Italy to take command of the German armies in the west.
[ | ]Images from March 10, 1945
Indian Soldiers in Burma |
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A 5.5-inch Gun in Action near Mandalay |
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19th Indian Division near Mandalay |
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P-61 Black Widows |
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Burmese Family Sharing Tea |
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Tokyo Residential Section Destroyed |
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Iwo Jima, 10 March 1945 |
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Easter Eggs for Hitler |
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