WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO JUNE 1944
Find out what all happened March to June 1944

World War II: First bombardment of oil refineries in Bucharest by Anglo-American forces kills 3000 civilians. (4. April 1944)

In the Saskatchewan general election, the CCF, led by Tommy Douglas, is elected and forms the first socialist government in North America. (15. June 1944)

Ardeatine massacre: German troops murder 335 Italian civilians in Rome. (24. March 1944)

The United Negro College Fund is incorporated. (25. April 1944)

The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in Italy killed 26 people and causes thousands to flee their homes. (18. March 1944)

World War II: 99 civilians are hung from lampposts and balconies by German troops in Tulle, France, in reprisal for maquisards attacks. (9. June 1944)

World War II: After the success of Big Week, the USAAF begins a daylight bombing campaign of Berlin. (4. March 1944)

Rudolf Vrba and Alfréd Wetzler escape from the Birkenau death camp. (10. April 1944)

World War II: The Allies begin a major offensive against the Axis Powers on the Gustav Line. (11. May 1944)

World War II: First day of the Battle of the Philippine Sea. (19. June 1944)

World War II: The Battle of Tali-Ihantala, the largest battle ever fought in the Nordic Countries, begins. (25. June 1944)

The Order of Nakhimov and Order of Ushakov are instituted in USSR as the highest naval awards. (3. March 1944)

World War II: United States Navy and Royal Navy ships bombard Cherbourg to support United States Army units engaged in the Battle of Cherbourg. (25. June 1944)

In baseball, 15-year old Joe Nuxhall of the Cincinnati Reds becomes the youngest player ever in a major-league game. (10. June 1944)

U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs into law the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, commonly known as the G.I. Bill. (22. June 1944)

German troops execute 216 civilians in the village of Kleisoura in Greece (5. May 1944)

World War II: The steamer Danae, carrying 350 Cretan Jews and 250 Cretan partisans, sunk without survivors off the shore of Santorini. (7. June 1944)

World War II: Rome falls to the Allies, the first Axis capital to fall. (4. June 1944)

World War II: the Battle of Normandy begins. D-Day, code named Operation Overlord, commences with the landing of 155,000 Allied troops on the beaches of Normandy in France. The allied soldiers quickly break through the Atlantic Wall and push inland in the largest amphibious military operation in history. (6. June 1944)

World War II: In an event later dramatized in the movie The Great Escape, 76 Allied prisoners of war begin breaking out of the German camp Stalag Luft III. (24. March 1944)