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Allies Pressing On (Middleton) – 2-3
Americans Come with Dawn to Maknassy as British Engineers ‘Pick Rommel’s Lock’ (Kluckhohn, Sedgwick) – 4-5
Roosevelt Sends Hurley to Africa – 5
War News Summarized – 5
Casablanca Base for U.S. Warships – 6
Russians Hold Foe (Parker) – 7
Fortresses Punish Rabaul Airdromes (Durdin) – 8
Senate Post-War Plans (Krock) – 9
War Department Lists 284 Missing – 9
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the Fighting in Various War Zones – 10-11

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http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1943/mar1943/f24mar43.htm

Chindits ordered back to India
Wednesday, March 24, 1943 www.onwar.com

Chindits resting from the march [photo at link].

In Burma... The various Chindit columns join up between Baw and Pago, but Wingate is ordered to end operation and return to India. The Chindit forces are split up into small groups and most succeed in reaching their base by early April. One returns later via China. About one third of the force has been lost in its operations.

In Tunisia... Montgomery deploys the 4th Indian Division on an outflanking move toward Ksar el Hallouf and then Beni Zelten. Their progress is slowed by difficult terrain and the movement cannot affect the outcome of the battle.