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Twenty News Questions – 12
Japan’s War Advantage Based on Simpler Needs (Baldwin) – 13
Spring Marches Across the Russo-German Front (map) – 14
Spring Outlook Favors Russians (Brigham) – 15
Cartoon Record of “The Man of the Moment” – 16-17
M’Arthur’s Ways Win Australians (Darnton) – 18
Answers to Twenty News Questions – 19
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Nazaire_Raid
The explosion put the dry dock out of commission until the end of the war.[65] The St Nazaire raid had been a success, but at a cost. Of the 622 men of the Royal Navy and Commandos who took part in the raid, only 228 men returned to England. Five escaped overland via Spain and Gibraltar. 169 men were killed (105 RN and 64 Commandos) and another 215 became prisoners of war (106 RN and 109 Commandos). They were first taken to La Baule and then sent to Stalag 133 at Rennes.[13][46]
To recognise their achievement, 89 decorations were awarded for the raid. This total includes the five Victoria Crosses awarded to Lieutenant Commander Beattie, Lieutenant Colonel Newman and Commander Ryder, and posthumous awards to Sergeant Durrant and Able Seaman Savage. Other decorations awarded were four Distinguished Service Orders, four Conspicuous Gallantry Medals, five Distinguished Conduct Medals, 17 Distinguished Service Crosses, 11 Military Crosses, 24 Distinguished Service Medals and 15 Military Medals. Four men were awarded the Croix de Guerre by France, another 51 were mentioned in dispatches.[13][66]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Campbeltown_%28I42%29
http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1942/mar42/f29mar42.htm
British aircraft raid Lubeck
Sunday, March 29, 1942 www.onwar.com
Results of the bombing raid on LubeckIn Germany... A British bombing raid on Lubeck is so successful that Hitler orders reprisal raids. These reprisal raids will become known as the “Baedeker Raids.”
In Burma... General Stillwell orders British troops to attack Boungde to relieve pressure on the Chinese fighting at Toungoo.
In the Arctic... A British convoy, bound for the port of Murmansk in the USSR, is fired upon by German surface vessels. The convoy escapes. However, the heavy German ships are now based in Norway due to the destruction of the deep port at St. Nazaire and the northern convoys will face heavier opposition.