91 bombers, both B-17s and B-24s, of the 8th Air Force made the first U.S. airstrikes inside of Germany, including a 55 plane raid on the submarine pens at Wilhelmshaven. All of the aircraft returned.
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The Red Army successfully completed the Ostrogozhsk–Rossosh offensive against the Hungarian 2nd Army and parts of the Italian 8th Army. The Hungarian and Italian forces took over 70,000 casualties and lost over 50,000 men as POWs.
The Office of Price Administration announced that "edible meats" would be rationed beginning on April 1, due in part to the failure of voluntary reductions to be effective. Taking this step meant that the U.S. Government was going further in this direction than it had at any point during World War One.
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