February 2 – The first issue of Human Events is published in Washington, D.C.The Zadran tribe rises up against the Afghan government, starting the Afghan tribal revolts of 1944–1947.The Abbey of Monte Cassino in ruins after being destroyed by Allied bombing, February 1944. January 31 – WWII: Battle of Kwajalein: American forces land on Kwajalein Atoll and other islands, in the Japanese-held Marshall Islands.United States troops invade Majuro, Marshall Islands.The Battle of Cisterna opens, as United States Army Rangers attempt to break out of the Anzio beachhead.January 29 – WWII: Koniuchy massacre – A unit of Soviet partisans accompanied by Jewish partisans kills at least 38 civilians in the village of Koniuchy in Nazi occupied Lithuania.Light cruiser HMS Spartan is sunk by a Henschel Hs 293 guided missile, from a German aircraft off Anzio, western Italy, with the loss of 46 men.The two-year Siege of Leningrad is lifted.January 25 – A total solar eclipse is visible in Pacific Ocean, South America, Atlantic Ocean and Africa, the 48th solar eclipse of Solar Saros 130.45th Infantry Division stand their ground at Anzio against violent assaults for four months. January 22 – WWII: Operation Shingle: The Allies begin the assault on Anzio, Italy.The United States 36th Infantry Division in Italy attempts to cross the Rapido River.The Royal Air Force drops 2,300 tons of bombs on Berlin.The Soviet Union ceases production of the Mosin–Nagant 1891/30 sniper rifle.The French Expeditionary Corps, under command of General Alphonse Juin, moves into the mountains north of Monte Cassino. Clark, arrive at the Garigliano, to begin their attack against the Gustav Line south of Rome. Fifth Army troops, commanded by Lieutenant-General Mark W. British forces cross the Garigliano River. The Battle of Monte Cassino begins in Italy.1944 San Juan earthquake: An earthquake hits San Juan, Argentina, killing an estimated 10,000 people, in the worst natural disaster in Argentina's history.WWII: The 27th Polish Home Army Infantry Division is re-created, marking the start of Operation Tempest by the Polish Home Army, a resistance force.January 14 – WWII: Soviet troops start the offensive at Leningrad and Novgorod.January 12 – WWII: Winston Churchill and Charles de Gaulle begin a 2-day conference in Marrakech.The Nazi German administration expands Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp into the larger standalone Konzentrationslager Plaszow bei Krakau in occupied Poland.Roosevelt proposes a Second Bill of Rights for social and economic security, in his State of the Union address. President of the United States Franklin D.January 8 – WWII: Philippine Commonwealth troops enter the province of Ilocos Sur in northern Luzon and attack Japanese forces.Landing at Saidor: 13,000 US and Australian troops land on Papua New Guinea, in an attempt to cut off a Japanese retreat.Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in North Africa.US Army troops landing at Anzio during Operation Shingle, late January 1944. The player can buy various forms of infantry, artillery and cavalry to assist them.1944 in various calendars Gregorian calendar In conquest mode, the player must defeat all enemy nations on the map and conquer all territory. In Campaign Mode, the player must capture certain cities, and capture enemy territory. The player controls an army of their afflitiated nation.
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