WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO APRIL 1944
Find out what all happened March to April 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: Allied bombers conduct their most severe bombing run on Sofia, Bulgaria. (30. March 1944)

World War II: The Red Army begins the Uman–Botoşani Offensive in the western Ukrainian SSR. (5. March 1944)

Forces of the Communist-controlled Greek People's Liberation Army attack the smaller National and Social Liberation resistance group, which surrenders. Its leader Dimitrios Psarros is murdered. (17. April 1944)

World War II: Nazi forces occupy Hungary. (19. March 1944)

Allied forces start bombing Belgrade, killing about 1,100 people. This bombing fell on the Orthodox Christian Easter. (16. April 1944)

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

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

World War II: British agent Nancy Wake, a leading figure in the French Resistance and the Gestapo's most wanted person, parachutes back into France to become a liaison between London and the local maquis group. (29. April 1944)

Diplomatic relations between New Zealand and the Soviet Union are established. (13. April 1944)

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

World War II: 270 inhabitants of the Greek town of Kleisoura are executed by the Germans. (5. April 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)

Allied bombing raid on Nuremberg. Along the English eastern coast 795 aircraft are despatched, including 572 Lancasters, 214 Halifaxes and 9 Mosquitos. The bombers meet resistance at the coasts of Belgium and the Netherlands from German fighters. In total, 95 bombers are lost, making it the largest RAF Bomber Command loss of World War II. (30. March 1944)

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

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

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

Navigation errors lead to an accidental American bombing of the Swiss city of Schaffhausen. (1. April 1944)

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