Editing 1944 (section)

===May===
{{Main article|May 1944}}
[[File:CommonwealthPrimeMinisters1944.jpg|thumb|The prime ministers of Britain and the four major dominions at the 1944 [[Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting|Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference]], May 1, 1944.]]
* [[May]] &ndash; [[Jean-Paul Sartre]]'s [[Existentialism|existentialist]] drama ''[[No Exit]]'' (''Huis Clos'') premières in Nazi-occupied Paris.
* [[May 1]] &ndash; WWII: Two hundred Communist prisoners [[Kaisariani executions|are shot by the Germans at Kaisariani, Athens, Greece]], in reprisal for the killing of General Franz Krech by Partisans at [[Molaoi]].
* [[May 5]] &ndash; WWII: [[Mohandas Gandhi]] is released from jail in India, on health grounds.
* [[May 9]] &ndash; WWII: In the Soviet city of [[Sevastopol]], Soviet troops completely drive out German forces, who had been ordered by [[Hitler]] to “fight to the last man.”<ref name="ReferenceA">"Year by Year 1944" &ndash; [[History Channel International]]</ref>
* [[May 12]] &ndash; WWII: Soviet troops finalize the liberation of the [[Crimea]].
* [[May 14]] &ndash; [[The Holocaust]]: Predominantly Muslim Albanian troops of the [[21st Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Skanderbeg (1st Albanian)|21st ''Waffen'' Mountain Division of the SS ''Skanderbeg'' (1st Albanian)]] round up 281 Jews in [[Priština]], and hand them over to the Germans for transportation to [[Bergen-Belsen concentration camp]].
* [[May 15]] &ndash; WWII: Allied military and political leaders, including [[Winston Churchill]], [[Franklin D. Roosevelt|Franklin Roosevelt]], [[Dwight D. Eisenhower|Dwight Eisenhower]], [[George S. Patton|George Patton]], [[Bernard Montgomery]] and more, meet for the final [[Normandy landings|D-Day]] joint briefing at [[St Paul's Girls' School|St. Paul's School]] in London.    
* May 15&ndash;[[July 8]] &ndash; [[The Holocaust]]: [[Hungarian Jews]] are deported to [[Auschwitz concentration camp|Auschwitz]] and other [[Nazi concentration camp]]s.
* [[May 17]] &ndash; WWII: [[Merrill's Marauders]] and Chinese troops (some 3,000 men) led by Brigadier General [[Frank Merrill]] capture [[Myitkyina]] airfield, after a 100-kilometer march over the [[Kachin Hills|Kumon Mountain range]] (using mules for carrying supplies).<ref>Taylor, Thomas H. (1997). ''Rangers: Lead the Way'', p. 7. Turner Publishing Co. {{ISBN|1-56311-182-9}}.</ref>
* [[May 18]] &ndash; WWII: 
** [[Battle of Monte Cassino]]: The Germans evacuate [[Monte Cassino]] and [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] forces, led by [[Władysław Anders]] from [[Polish II Corps]], take the stronghold after a struggle that has claimed 20,000 lives.
** [[Deportation of the Crimean Tatars|Crimean Tatars are deported]] by the [[Soviet Union]].
* [[May 20]] &ndash; WWII: [[Battle of Wakde]]: American forces of the [[163rd Infantry Regiment (United States)|163rd Regimental Combat Team]] (some 1,500 men) under Brigadier General [[Jens A. Doe|Jens Doe]] take the Japanese-held [[Wakde|Wakde island]] ([[Dutch New Guinea]]).<ref>Smith, Robert Ross (1953). ''The Approach to the Philippines'', p. 231. United States Army Center of Military History. {{OCLC|570739529}}.</ref>
* [[May 24]] &ndash; WWII: [[West Loch disaster]]: Six [[Landing Ship, Tank|LST]]s are accidentally destroyed and 163 men killed, in [[Pearl Harbor]].
* [[May 30]] &ndash; [[Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois|Princess Charlotte Louise Juliette Louvet Grimaldi]] of [[Monaco]], heir to the throne, resigns in favor of her son [[Rainier III, Prince of Monaco|Prince Rainier Louis Henri Maxence Bertrand Grimaldi]], who later reigns as Prince Rainier III of Monaco.
* [[May 31]] &ndash; WWII: American destroyer escort {{USS|England|DE-635|6}} sinks the sixth Japanese submarine in two weeks. This [[anti-submarine]] warfare performance remains unmatched through the 20th century.