Timeline of World War II (1944)

This is a timeline of events that occurred during 1944 in World War II. == January == 3: Major Gregory Pappy Boyington, the USMC fighter ace, was shot down after downing the last 3 of his 26 victories, and would spend the next 20 months in Japanese POW Camps. 4: The 1st Ukrainian Front of the Red Army enters Poland.