Editing 1944 (section)

===February===
{{Main article|February 1944}}
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 146-2005-0004, Italien, Monte Cassino.jpg|thumb|The Abbey of [[Monte Cassino]] in ruins after being [[Battle of Monte Cassino|destroyed by Allied bombing]], February 1944.]]
* The [[Zadran (Pashtun tribe)|Zadran]] tribe rises up against the Afghan government, starting the [[Afghan tribal revolts of 1944–1947]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=ГЛАВА XXXVIII. ВОССТАНИЕ ПУШТУНСКИХ ПЛЕМЕН 1944 -1945 ГГ. В|url=https://scibook.net/stran-azii-istoriya/xxxviii-vosstanie-pushtunskih-plemen-1944-1945-38755.html|website=scibook.net|access-date=2020-04-29}}</ref>
* [[February 2]] &ndash; The first issue of ''[[Human Events]]'' is published in [[Washington, D.C.|Washington, D.C]].
* [[February 3]] &ndash; WWII: United States [[4th Marine Division (United States)|4th Marine Division]] with the help of the [[7th Infantry Division (United States)|7th Infantry Division]] capture the [[Marshall Islands]].
* [[February 7]] &ndash; WWII: At [[Anzio]], German forces launch a counteroffensive.
* [[February 8]] &ndash; WWII:
** 2,765 drown when American [[Submarine#World War II|submarine]] {{USS|Snook|SS-279|6}} torpedoes Japanese troop transport ''[[Lima Maru]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jsu.or.jp/siryo/sunk/pdf/mota02.pdf|title=Convoy Mo-Ta-06 (モタ61船団)|publisher=All Japan Seamen's Union|access-date=2011-11-18}}</ref>
** 2,670 drown when British submarine {{HMS|Sportsman|P229|6}} torpedoes German-captured {{ship|German ship|Petrella||2}} carrying Italian prisoners of war.<ref name=gmd>{{cite web|url=http://www.shipwreckregistry.com/index6.htm|title=Greatest Maritime Disasters|publisher=International Registry of Sunken Ships|access-date=2010-12-06}}</ref>
* [[February 14]] &ndash; WWII: An anti-Japanese revolt breaks out on [[Java]].
* [[February 15]] &ndash; WWII: [[Battle of Monte Cassino]] &ndash; The monastery atop [[Monte Cassino]] is destroyed by Allied bombing.
* [[February 17]] &ndash; WWII: [[Pacific War]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Eniwetok]] begins when U.S. forces invade the atoll in the [[Marshall Islands]].
* [[February 18]] &ndash; WWII: British light cruiser {{HMS|Penelope|97|6}} is torpedoed and sunk by [[German submarine U-410|''U-410'']] in the Mediterranean; 417 of her crew, including the captain, go down with the ship; 206 survive.
* [[February 20]] &ndash; WWII:
** The "[[Big Week]]" begins, with American bomber raids on German aircraft manufacturing centers.
** The United States takes [[Eniwetok Atoll]].
** [[Norwegian heavy water sabotage]]: The [[Norwegian resistance]] sinks train ferry [[SF Hydro|SF ''Hydro'']] which is carrying a shipment of [[heavy water]] from the [[Vemork]] plant to Germany along [[Tinnsjå]] in [[Telemark]].
* [[February 22]] &ndash; WWII: The [[United States Strategic Air Forces in Europe]] is organized from the Eighth Air Force's strategic planning staff, subsuming strategic planning for all [[US Army Air Force]]s in Europe and Africa.
* [[February 23]] &ndash; WWII:
** [[Deportation of the Chechens and Ingush]] ("Operation Lentil"): Forced deportation of [[Chechens]] and [[Ingush people]] from [[North Caucasus]] to Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan in [[Central Asia]] by the Soviet authorities begins.
** The [[Battle of Eniwetok]] concludes when U.S. forces secure the last islands in the [[Eniwetok Atoll]].
* [[February 24]] &ndash; WWII: American submarine {{USS|Rasher|SS-269|6}} torpedoes Japanese transports {{SS|Ryūsei Maru||2}} and {{ship||Tango Maru}}; 7,998 drown.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://members.iinet.net.au/~gduncan/maritime-2a.html|title=More Maritime Disasters of World War II|publisher=George Duncan|access-date=2010-12-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110404095404/http://members.iinet.net.au/~gduncan/maritime-2a.html|archive-date=2011-04-04|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[February 26]]
** [[Kurt Gerron]] begins shooting the [[Nazism|Nazi]] propaganda film ''[[Theresienstadt (film)|Theresienstadt]]'' in [[Theresienstadt concentration camp]]. He and many others who are featured in it are transferred to [[Auschwitz concentration camp|Auschwitz]] and gassed upon the film's completion.
** [[Sue S. Dauser]] becomes the first woman appointed to the substantive rank of [[Captain (USN)|captain]], in the [[United States Navy Nurse Corps]].
* [[February 29]] &ndash; WWII: [[Pacific War]] &ndash; The [[Admiralty Islands campaign]] (Operation Brewer) opens when U.S. forces land on [[Los Negros Island]] in the [[Admiralty Islands]].