March 25th, 1943 (THURSDAY)
GERMANY: Nürnberg: Der Sturmer, the Nazi newspaper, announces the "the extermination of the Jews is in progress."
NORTH AFRICA: British 1st
Armoured Div nears Tebaga Gap.
General Von Arnim pulls German and Italian Infantry from the Mareth Line, as the
4th Indian Division overruns it.
ATLANTIC OCEAN: U-524 is sunk near Madeira, Portugal, position 30.15N, 18.13W, by depth charges from a US Liberator aircraft (US-Air Force Sqdn 1/T). 52 dead (all hands lost).
U-469 (type VIIC) is sunk south of Iceland in position 62.12N 16.40W by depth charges dropped from a British Fortress aircraft of Sqdn. 206/L. All 46 of the U-Boat crew are lost. (Alex Gordon)