WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO MARCH 1944
Find out what all happened January to March 1944

The Daily Mail becomes the first transoceanic newspaper. (5. January 1944)

World War II: American aircraft mistakenly bomb the Dutch towns of Nijmegen, Arnhem, Enschede and Deventer, resulting in 800 dead in Nijmegen alone. (22. February 1944)

World War II: Operation Carpetbagger, involving the dropping of arms and supplies to resistance fighters in Europe, begins. (4. January 1944)

The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City hosts a jazz concert for the first time. The performers are Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Artie Shaw, Roy Eldridge and Jack Teagarden. (18. January 1944)

World War II: Anti-Japanese revolt on Java. (14. February 1944)

World War II: The Battle of Cisterna, part of Operation Shingle, begins in central Italy. (30. January 1944)

World War II: The "Big Week" began with American bomber raids on German aircraft manufacturing centers. (20. February 1944)

World War II: During the Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign, U.S. Army and Marine forces seize Kwajalein Atoll from the defending Japanese garrison. (3. February 1944)

World War II: During the Anzio campaign the 1st Ranger Battalion (Darby's Rangers) is destroyed behind enemy lines in a heavily outnumbered encounter at Battle of Cisterna, Italy. (31. January 1944)

World War II: Japanese troops counter-attack American forces on Hill 700 in Bougainville in a battle that would last five days. (9. March 1944)

Florence Li Tim-Oi is ordained in China, becoming the first woman Anglican priest. (25. January 1944)

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

World War II: The 900-day Siege of Leningrad is lifted. (27. January 1944)

World War II: American forces land on Kwajalein Atoll and other islands in the Japanese-held Marshall Islands. (31. January 1944)

Greek Civil War: The Political Committee of National Liberation is established in Greece by the National Liberation Front. (10. March 1944)

World War II: In Anzio, Italy, German forces launch a counteroffensive during the Allied Operation Shingle. (7. February 1944)

The Soviet Union begins the forced deportation of the Chechen and Ingush people from the North Caucasus to Central Asia. (23. February 1944)

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

World War II: The Battle of Eniwetok Atoll begins. The battle ends in an American victory on February 22. (17. February 1944)

World War II: Soviet Army planes attack Tallinn, Estonia. (9. March 1944)