World War II, Pacific 1944
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Year-end 1943 . . . The End of the Beginning . . . Japanese advance in stopped on north coast of New Guinea.   Germany surrenders army at Stalingrad and is expelled from Russia   Guadalcanal secured, battle moves up the Solomon chain.   Allies invade north Africa, USA bloodied a Kasserine Pass, Rommel expelled.   Sicily taken and Allies move onto Italian mainland.   Advance across the central Pacific begins in the Gilbert Islands.
The Year 1944. . . . The Hard Fighting . . . The U.S. Navy is poised to move across the Central Pacific. Navies of both sides have been restored from massive losses around Guadalcanal. A second U.S. Navy supports the Army's move up from New Guinea to the Philippines. The Japanese Army advances on USAAF bases in China and invades India.

Admiralty Islands - 29 Jan
Marshalls - 31 Jan
    Kwajalein - 7 Feb
    Eniwetok - 19 Feb
Raid on Truk - 17-18 Feb
Indian Ocean -  01-16 Mar.
Japan invades India - 8 March, expelled 22 Aug
New Guinea
   Hollandia  - 22 March to end of war
Marianas 11 June - 10 Aug
   Saipan - 15 June - 9 July
	Battle of the Philippine Sea 19-20 June
   Guam - 21 July - 10 Aug
   Tinian - 24 July - 1 Aug
Palaus, Peleliu - 15 Sept - 13 Oct
Western Carolines - 23 Sep - 16 Oct
	Ulithi 	- 23 Sep, Ngulu -  16 Oct
Philippines 20 Oct to end of war
   Leyte - 20 Oct
	Battle of Leyte Gulf × 3 : 23 Oct - 26 Oct
   Shinano sunk - 29 Nov 44, world's largest aircraft carrier.
   Mindoro - 15 Dec 44
   Luzon - 9 January 45

    The U.S. submarine war reaches its peak. Production allows christening of 121 new Balao class subs. The defects with torpedoes are solved. Japanese fleet is starved of oil and relocates the fleet to countries nearer to the supply of oil.
    The B-29 bomber enters service to attack the Japanese home islands. Flying first from China then transferring to Tinian (Marianans). Industrial cities are methodically destroyed.

The big picture of the war.
06Jan Soviets into Poland
23Jan Anzio, successful leap
27Jan Siege of Leningrad broken
31Jan Kwajalein
17Feb 9 carriers hit Truk, Caroline Islands
00Feb Japanese Combined Fleet withdrew from its base at Truk
20Feb First USAAF 1,000 plan raid on Germany
06Mar USAAF raid on Berlin, 69 planes lost
22Apr Hollandia, western New Guinea 
03May End of meat rationing in USA.
17May Merrill's Marauders capture Jap air base in Burma, first large action in Asia  
06June D-Day at Normandy
12June 15 carriers attack Marianas
13June First V-1 buzz bomb attack on London.
15June Saipan
15June First B-29 raid on Japan -- from China 
19June Philippine Sea "Turkey shoot"
17July Amunition ships explode at Port Chicago, California, 232 killed
23June GI Bill
18July Tojo resigns
20July Attempted assassination on Hitler
15Aug  Invasion of southern France
25Aug  Liberation of Paris
08Sep  First V-2 rocket attack on London
10Sep  Armies from Normandy and Toulon link up in eastern France
17Sep  Market Garden paratroop attack across Holland fails
23Sep  West Virginia (BB-48) returns to service, last Pearl Harbor battleship to be repaired.
21Oct  Aachen, Germany, captured.
23Oct  Battles of Leyte Gulf
10Nov  Mount Hood ((AE-11, ammunition ship) explodes at Manus Island killing 350.
29Nov  Shinano sunk.
15Dec  Mindoro 
16Dec  German's attack towards Antwerp results in Battle of the Bulge till 25 Dec
21Dec  Siege of Bastogne

09Jan'45 Luzon

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