Editing 1944 (section)

====January====
* [[January 4]] - The [[Battle of Monte Cassino]] begins.
* [[January 5]] - Murder of [[Denmark|Danish]] playwright [[Kaj Munk]].
* [[January 14]] - The Soviet troops start the offensive at [[Saint Petersburg|Leningrad]] and [[Novgorod]].
* [[January 15]] - The [[27th Polish Home Army Infantry Division]] recreated, marking the start of [[Operation Tempest]] by the Polish [[Home Army]].
* [[January 17]] - [[United Kingdom|British]] forces, in [[Italy]], cross the [[Garigliano River]].
* [[January 17]] - Meat Rationing ends in [[Australia]].
* [[January 20]] - The [[Royal Air Force]] drops 2,300 tons of bombs on [[Berlin]]. The [[US 36th Infantry Division|U.S. Army 36th Infantry Division]], in Italy, attempts to cross the [[Rapido River]].
* [[January 22]] - [[Allies]] begin [[Operation Shingle]], the assault on [[Anzio]], [[Italy]]. The [[U.S. 45th Infantry Division|U.S. Army 45th Infantry Division]] stand their ground at Anzio against violent assaults for 4 months.
* [[January 27]] - The two year [[Siege of Leningrad]] is lifted.
* [[January 29]] - The [[Battle of Cisterna]] takes place.
* [[January 30]] - [[United States]] troops invade [[Majuro, Marshall Islands]].
* [[January 31]] - American forces land on [[Kwajalein Atoll]] and other islands in the [[Japan]]ese-held [[Marshall Islands]].