On This Day: 20 March

Key events from British military history on 20 March

Historical Events

1942
General William Slim assumes command of Burma Corps, beginning one of the war's greatest retreats
2003
Operation Iraqi Freedom begins; British forces lead the assault on the Al-Faw peninsula
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