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March 9, 1944

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U.S. UNIT CLOSES TRAP ON BURMA FOE; Meets Chinese in the Hukawng Valley to Complete Disaster for Japanese Forces

By Tillman Durdin

WITH CHINESE-AMERICAN FORCES IN BURMA, March 8 -- Chinese and American forces are closing in rapidly, completely smashing the main center of Japanese Army strength in the Hukawng Valley in the area south of Maingkwan.

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U.S. BOMBERS RAIN FIRE ON BERLIN; 38 DOWNED, 83 NAZI CRAFT BAGGED; RUSSIANS MOVE ON 2 RAIL CENTERS; RECORD DAY STRIKE

By Drew Middleton

US Marauders attack Ger airfields, Netherlands

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Notable Births

1944Lee Irvine, South African cricketer^[†]

Brian Lee Irvine is a former cricketer who played four Tests for South Africa in 1969–70 in the last Test series played by South Africa before official sporting links were broken over the apartheid policy.

Historical Events

1944World War II: Soviet Army planes attack Tallinn, Estonia.^[†]

During World War II, the Estonian capital Tallinn suffered from many instances of aerial bombing by the Soviet air force and the German Luftwaffe. The first bombings by Luftwaffe occurred during the Summer War of 1941 as part of Operation Barbarossa. A number of Soviet bombing missions to then German-occupied Tallinn followed in 1942–1944.