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Continuing our timeline of events in World War 2, today we take a look at March, 1941.  Of course the war started much earlier, but it wasn’t until 1941 that the war was in full swing and a series of significant events happened each month.

Why are we doing this? Simply because we at Aces High want our combat flight simulation to be the most realistic on the market.  By studying the main events we find that we can add more realism to our flight sim game and thus make it more exciting to play for our loyal gamers.

With that said, here are the major events of March, 1941.

• 1^st Hitler expands Auschwitz prison camp.
• 4^th British commandos attack oil facilities in Narvik in Norway
• Yugoslavia joins Axis Pact
• 7^th British troops land in Greece
• 8^th London is again bombed as Buckingham Palace is hit
• 9^th Italian Spring Offensive begins on Albanian front
• 10^th British and Italian troops conflict in Eritrea
• 10^th Portsmouth suffers heavy casualties from bombing by Luftwaffe
• 11^th Lend Lease Act is signed in U.S. guaranteeing the sale of military equipment to Allies
• 12^th German Panzer tanks arrive in North Africa
• 13^th Luftwaffe hits Glasgow and shipping industry there
• 17^th Convoy losses in mid-Atlantic
• 19^th London continues to be bombed with Plymouth and Bristol once again hit heavily
• 20^th Italian Spring Offensive is cancelled after heavy losses
• 21^st Yugoslavian cabinet resigns in protest about pact with Germans
• 24^th Rommel attacks El Agheila in Libya; British retreat and are eventually driven out of Egypt
• 25^th Italian MTMs sink several ships
• 27^th Crown Prince Peter becomes Peter II of Yugoslavia and takes control of country
• 27^th Japanese spies arrive in Hawaii and begin to gather intelligence about U.S. fleet there
• 27^th Hitler plans on invasion of Yugoslavia
• 27^th British forces win Battle of Keren in Eritrea
• 27^th Battle of Cape Matapan as British fleet battles Italian fleet off southern Greece

And that was it for March, 1941. The war was in full-swing, and steps were moving towards December when the United States would enter the conflict full time.

We hope you are enjoying these timelines. We think they help you gain a better appreciation for the gallant efforts in that great war, and hopefully you find Aces High to be the most realistic flight sim game because of these timelines and our continued efforts.