3rd March to 9th March

3rd March
1942    Broome, Western Australia, attacked by Japanese fighters
1945    Finland declares war on Axis Powers

4th March
1665   Britain declares war on the Ditch, starting the Second Anglo-Dutch War
1814   Battle of Longwoods, US forces defeat British attack
1945   Princess Elizabeth Windsor joins the British Army as a Driver

5th March
1824   Britain declares war on Burma, starting the First Burmese War
1936   First flight of the prototype Spitfire
1991   Iraq releases all Gulf War prisoners

6th March
1836   Mexican forces capture The Alamo

7th March
1814   Battle of Craonne, Napoleons forces defeat the Prussians under Blucher
1815   Napoleon persuades the French 5th Line Regiment to join his march on Paris
1945   The Bridge at Remagen captured by US 9th Armored Division

8th March
1862   CSS Virginia (ex-USS Merrimack) sinks USS Congress and USS Cumberland
1942   Japanese forces capture Rangoon

9th March
1862   CSS Virginia and USS Monitor engage in first battle of Ironclad ships