WHAT HAPPENED IN 1944.
Look what happened the 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: Operation Hailstone begins. U.S. naval air, surface, and submarine attack against Truk Lagoon, Japan's main base in the central Pacific, in support of the Eniwetok invasion. (17. February 1944)

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

World War II: The United States takes Eniwetok Island. (20. February 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)

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

Merrill's Marauders: The Marauders begin their 1,000-mile journey through Japanese occupied Burma. (24. February 1944)

World War II: The Admiralty Islands are invaded in Operation Brewer led by American General Douglas MacArthur. (29. February 1944)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ardeatine massacre: German troops murder 335 Italian civilians in Rome. (24. March 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: Allied bombers conduct their most severe bombing run on Sofia, Bulgaria. (30. 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)