| Special Forces Operations in March 1945 |
| March 5th, 1945 – March 28th, 1945 |
| Zehden bridgehead |
| SS-Fallschirmjäger-Bataillon 600, SS-Jagdverbände |
| The surviving members of SS-Jagdverband Mitte and SS-Fallschirmjäger-Batallion 600, enter the Zehden bridgehead on March 5th, 1944. They form the core of Kampfgruppe Solar, led by SS-Hauptsturmführer Siegfried Milius, which is integrated into the Infantrie Division z.b.V. 610 under General Lendle’s overall command. The unit defends the locks that control the water level for the Finow and Hohenzollern Canals in the Bridgehead Zehden. They withdraw during the night of March 27th/28th, 1945, crossing the Oder by swimming. Many of them drown. |
| March 15th, 1945 |
| Air Attack on Don Muang airfield |
| 1st Air Commando Group |
| Forty P-51D Mustangs of the 1st Air Commando Group armed with drop tanks attack Don Muang airfield. They manage to destruct of at least 50% of the one hundred Japanese aircraft stationed there. |
| March 17th, 1945 |
| Attack Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen |
| SS-Jagdeinsatz Donau |
| During the cold night, the men swim downstream in the Rhine, carrying torpedo mines. It takes them about one and a half hours to reach Remagen. Schreiber realises the enemy has built two additional pontoon bridges upstream. Despite the challenging conditions, the unit damages and renders the Ludendorff Bridge unusable. Schreiber aims to destroy a pontoon bridge, but the combat swimmers are detected by Canal Defense Light beams. He loses three men, two to the cold, while the remaining swimmers are captured by the Americans, exhausted and half-frozen. |