Editing 1944 (section)

====March====
* [[March]] - The Japanese launch an offensive in central and south [[China]].
* [[March 1]] - [[USS Tarawa (CV-40)|USS Tarawa]] and [[USS Kearsarge (CV-33)|USS Kearsarge]] laid down.
* [[March 1]] - Anti-[[fascist]] [[Strike action|strike]] in northern [[Italy]].
* [[March 2]] - [[Train]] stalls inside a railway tunnel outside [[Salerno]], [[Italy]] - 426 choke to death
* [[March 3]] - The [[Order of Nakhimov]] and the [[Order of Ushakov]] were instituted in [[USSR]]
* [[March 10]] - In Britain the [[Education Act]] lifts the ban on women [[teacher]]s marrying.
* [[March 12]] - The Creation of the politic Committee of national liberation in [[Greece]].
* [[March 15]] - [[Battle of Monte Cassino]] - [[Allies|Allied]] aircraft bomb German-held monastery and stage an assault.
* [[March 15]] - The National Counsil of the [[French Resistance]] approves the [[Resistance movement|Resistance]] programme.
* [[March 17]] - The hitlerists assassinate at [[Rîbniţa]] almost 400 prisoners, Soviet citizens and anti-[[fascist]] Romanians.
* [[March 18]] - [[Germany|German]] forces occupy [[Hungary]].
* [[March 20]] - [[Royal Air Force|RAF]] Flight Sergeant [[Nicholas Alkemade]]'s bomber is hit over Germany and he has to bail out without a [[parachute]] from the height of over 4000 meters. Tree branches interrupt his fall and he lands safely on deep snow
* [[March 23]] - members of the [[Italian Resistance]] attack [[Nazis]] marching in [[via Rasella]]. 33 Nazis are killed.
* [[March 24]] - the [[Fosse Ardeatine]] massacre in Rome, Italy. 335 Italians are killed, including 75 Jews and over 200 members of the [[Italian Resistance]] from various groups.