World War II in the Pacific
Chronology 1944

- - 1944 - -	. . . the Long Road to Victory . . .
22Jan-23May	Anzio, Italy.
29Jan44	Army lands in Admiralty Islands.
31Jan44	Marines land on Marshall Islands.
07Feb44	Kwajalein, Marshalls
00Feb44	Zionist Menachem Begin begins to blowup British in Palestine.
15Feb44	New Zealand troops take Green Island, east of Rabaul
17Feb44	Massive naval air raid on Truk, Carolines.
19Feb44	Marines and Army land on Eniwetok Island.
07Feb44	Army take Manus Island north of Rabau
19Feb44	USAAF, USMC, and USN aircraft pound Rabaul, ending Jap air defense of that base.
15Mar44	Japan invades India.
20Mar44	Marines (4th Div) take Emirau Island completing the Ring Around Rabaul
22Mar44	Army lands at Hollandia, Dutch New Guinea
06May44	Gurnard (SS-254) attacks convoy in the Celebes Sea, sinking New Guinea-bound troop-carrying army cargo ships Aden Maru, Amatsuzan Maru and Tajima Maru.
17May44	Army lands at Arare and next day at Wakde, New Guinea
27May44	Army lands on Biak Island north of New Guinea.
29May44	U-549 sinks Block Island (CVE-21) and itself is sunk by DEs NW of Canary Islands, Atlantic.
04Jun44	Allies enter Rome
06Jun44	D-Day, Normandy
15Jun44	First B-29s bomb Japan from China
15Jun-9July	Saipan, Marianas
19Jun44	Albacore (SS-244) sinks Japanese carrier Taiho and Cavalla (SS-244) sinks carrier Shokaku
19Jun44	Japanese lose at least 300 carrier aircraft in Battle of the Philippine Sea - The Turkey Shoot
20Jun44	Carrier planes in the "Mission Beyond Darkness" sink carrier Hiyo and two tankers. Lose 100 planes.
21July-10Aug	Guam
24July-01Aug	Tinian
25July44	Breakout from Hedgerows, Normandy
15Aug44	Allies invade southern France.
21Aug44	Falaise Pocket
22Aug44	Japanese retreat from India
24Aug44	British carrier force attacks Padang, Sumatra.
25Aug44	Liberation of Paris
15Sep-13Oct	Invasion of Peleliu, Palaus
17Sep-26Sep	A Bridge Too Far
21Sep44	Minesweepers occupy Ulithi lagoon.
23Sep44	Army lands on undefended Ulithi island. West Virginia (BB-48) rejoins Pacific Fleet.
00Oct44	US submarines sink several ships each day
10Oct44	TF 38 pounds Japanese shipping and installations on Okinawa and other islands in the Ryukyus.
12Oct44	TF 38 hurls heavy air strikes against Formosa and on northern Luzon.
15Oct44	TG 38.4 attacks Japanese installations near Manila, enemy aerial response damages carrier Franklin (CV-13),
20Oct44	US Lands 4 divisions on Leyte, Philippines ; MacArthur returns
23Oct-26Oct	Japanese battle fleet destroyed at Leyte Gulf.
23Oct44	Three US submarines torpedo four Japanese heavy cruisers.
24Oct44	Carrier air turns back Japanese forces (temporarily)
25Oct44	Battle of Surigao Strait (last battleship action) annilates Japanese southern force.
25Oct44	Battle Off Samar, Japanese Center Force attacks escort carriers.
25Oct44	Battle off Cape Engano, last of Japanese carrier force, as decoy, is destroyed.
25Oct44	Start of Kamikazes war sinks St.Lo (CVE-63)
26Oct44	Navy carrier air-based and USAAF land-based planes attack retiring Japanese ships that have survived the previous days' action.
12Nov44	German battleship Tirpitz is sunk by RAF Lancasters, Tromso Fjord, Norway.
24Nov44	Start B-29 raids on Japan from Tinian
28Nov44	Antwerp port opened
15Dec44	Landing on Mindoro, Philippines
16Dec44	Battle of the Bulge
09Jan45	Landing on Luzon