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• Germans recaptured Belgorod, Russia. ww2dbase [TH]
• Khatyn Massacre: German SS men massacred civilians in the Byelorussian village of Khatyn, killing its entire population of 149, 75 of which children. The village was then burned to the ground. ww2dbase [Khatyn Massacre | CPC]
• American troops captured Maknassy, Tunisia. ww2dbase [Battle of El Guettar | CPC]
• Lydia Litvyak shot down the German Bf 109G-4 fighter piloted by Leutnant Franz Müller and the Bf 109G-2 fighter piloted by Unteroffizier Karl-Otto Harloff while flying a Yak-1 fighter. She was wounded during this engagement. ww2dbase [Lydia Litvyak | CPC]
• Captain William Wellclose Davis was named the commanding officer of HMS Mauritius. ww2dbase [Mauritius | CPC]

• USS New Mexico arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii. ww2dbase [New Mexico | Honolulu, Oahu | CPC]

• The Japanese Army and Navy staffs in Tokyo, Japan issued a new directive for operations in the Rabaul area, emphasizing the importance of the defense of New Guinea. ww2dbase [New Guinea-Papua Campaign, Phase 2 | Tokyo | CPC]
• Junyo and Hiyo departed Saeki, Hiroshima, Japan with Yugure, Hatsuzuki, Suzutsuki, and Kagero in escort. ww2dbase [Hiyo | Junyo | Yugure | Saeki, Hiroshima | CPC]

• Tirpitz departed for KÃ¥fjord/Altafjord, Norway. ww2dbase [Tirpitz | Altafjord, Finnmark | CPC]
• Jaguar and Greif escorted heavy cruiser Lützow and light cruiser Nürnberg out of Bogen Bay, Norway. ww2dbase [Nürnberg | Lützow | Greif | Jaguar | Bogen Bay | CPC]

• USS Whale spotted a Japanese convoy consisted of three freighters off Tanapag Harbor, Saipan, Mariana Islands and began tracking the convoy. ww2dbase [Whale | CPC]
• USS Wahoo set sail toward Lushunkou, Liaoning Province, China. ww2dbase [Wahoo | Yellow Sea | CPC]

• Crematorium 4 began operation at Auschwitz Concentration Camp in Poland. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Auschwitz Concentration Camp | Oswiecim | CPC]

• German 15th Panzer Division neared Zarat, Tunisia, recapturing territory lost at the opening of the British Operation Pugilist. ww2dbase [Operations Pugilist and Supercharge II | CPC]

• Two captured German generals spoke of plans for long range missiles in a room in Kensington Park Gardens, London, England, United Kingdom, not realizing that the room had been bugged. ww2dbase [London, England | CPC]

• George Kenney was featured on the cover of the Life magazine in the United States. ww2dbase [George Kenney | CPC]

22 Mar 1943 Interactive Map