March 12th, 1944 (SUNDAY)
UNITED KINGDOM: London: The Polish government in exile broadcasts a "call to arms" to the civilian population.
Westminster: With an invasion attempt of occupied Europe imminent the Allies have almost sealed off Eire from the rest of the world, following Dublin's refusal to expel Axis diplomats. For the time being 250,000 Irish citizens working in Britain cannot return home, nor can any of the 164,000 serving with the British armed forces. Mr Churchill recognises that this decision is "painful" in view of the contribution of so many Irishmen to the war effort. There were tears at Liverpool as some Irish girls were refused permission to sail home yesterday, but 1,000 others did leave.
U.S.S.R.: Konev's forces reach the River Bug at Gayvoron.
BURMA: Chuck Baisden
notes in his diary:
Combat Mission N0. 25 No. 1 Air Commando
March 12, 1944 3:00 Hrs. Flight Time
Hailikandi to Dineblu, Burma No results noted
Note: There times when we bombed or strafed a target we could not see in a thickly forested area. A Chindit column would find a good target or run into a problem and vector us into the area and then put mortar smoke on the target and tell us what direction to come in from. We usually had excellent communications with the these ground forces.
U.S.A.:
Destroyer escort USS Paul G Baker launched.
Submarines USS Blackfin and Jallao launched.