[Homer_J_Simpson]

Germans Press On (Parker) – 2
Wallace Off Soon to Latin America – 2
2 Japanese Troopships Hit by Allies North of Australia (Durdin) – 3
United Nations’ Planes Strike at Concentration Above Australia (map) – 4
Japanese Fleeing in Central China – 5
British Check Foe in Burma Thrusts – 6
Kiska is Battered in 8th March Raid – 6
War News Summarized – 6
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on Fighting in Various Zones * – 8-9

* Something about that ad bothers me but I needed it for a top border – HJS.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1943/mar1943/f16mar43.htm

British 8th Army closes in on Mareth Line
Tuesday, March 16, 1943 www.onwar.com

British 8th Army troops in Tunisa [photo at link]

In Tunisia... The British 8th Army becomes involved in skirmishes on the approaches to the Mareth Line as it prepares for a full-scale attack on the Axis position.