15 Mar 1944
![Boomerang fighter](/images/imagemagick/tmb_air_boomerang2.jpg)
![USS Wasp (Essex-class) after her shakedown cruise preparing to leave Boston, Massachusetts, United States, for the Panama Canal, 15 Mar 1944. Note Measure 33/10A camouflage. Photo 1 of 4](/images/imagemagick/tmb_ship_waspessex13.jpg)
![USS Wasp (Essex-class) after her shakedown cruise preparing to leave Boston, Massachusetts, United States, for the Panama Canal, 15 Mar 1944. Note Measure 33/10A camouflage. Photo 2 of 4](/images/imagemagick/tmb_55a747cc15222.jpg)
![USS Wasp (Essex-class) after her shakedown cruise preparing to leave Boston, Massachusetts, United States, for the Panama Canal, 15 Mar 1944. Note Measure 33/10A camouflage. Photo 3 of 4](/images/imagemagick/tmb_55a7488464f52.jpg)
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- Zhukov's 1st Ukrainian Front reached the Bug River, the start line for Operation Barbarossa that began the Russo-German war. ww2dbase [TH]
- RAF bombers attacked Stuttgart, Germany, dropping over 3,000 tons of bombs from 863 bombers, of which 36 were lost. ww2dbase [Bombing of Hamburg, Dresden, and Other Cities | TH]
- German troops gathered on the Hungarian border. ww2dbase [CPC]
- USS Tunny arrived in the Palau Islands. ww2dbase [Tunny | CPC]
- After dark, the Japanese 15th Division crossed the Chindwin River in Burma toward India as part of the second wave of the Japanese offensive. ww2dbase [Battle of Imphal-Kohima | CPC]
- Joseph Stilwell ordered the Chinese 22nd Division to attack the ridge of Jambu Bum in northern Burma. ww2dbase [Battle of Myitkyina | CPC]
- USS Flying Fish damaged a Japanese tanker off Okinawa, Japan, hitting her with 1 of 4 torpedoes fired. She would pursue the tanker into the next day. ww2dbase [Flying Fish | CPC]
- USS Nicholas crossed the equator. ww2dbase [Nicholas | Line Crossing Ceremony | DS]
- Robert Johnson was promoted to the rank of captain. On the same day, he shot down a Fw 190 and a Bf 109 aircraft over Dümmer Lake, Germany. ww2dbase [Robert Johnson | Lembruch, Weser-Ems | CPC]
- Barbers Point Naval Air Station: Acetylene Generation and Oxygen Manifold building turned over to station. ww2dbase [Barbers Point Naval Air Station | Ewa, Oahu | DS]
- Rear Admiral J. J. Clark assumed command of carrier Task Group 58.1 built around USS Hornet (Essex-class) at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii. ww2dbase [J. J. Clark | Honolulu, Oahu | DS]
- At 0830 hours, the third major Allied attempt to attack Monte Cassino, Italy began with a heavy bombardment that lasted more than three hours. ww2dbase [Battle of Monte Cassino | Cassino, Lazio | TH, CPC]
- Masafumi Arima was assigned to the aviation section of the Navy Ministry. ww2dbase [Masafumi Arima | CPC]
- Landing ship No. 102 was completed. ww2dbase [No. 101/103-class | CPC]
- Tirpitz began post-repair trials at Barbrudalen (KÃ¥fjord) and Altafjord, Norway. ww2dbase [Tirpitz | Altafjord, Finnmark | CPC]
- USS Shamrock Bay was commissioned into service, Captain Frank T. Ward, Jr. in command. ww2dbase [Shamrock Bay | CPC]
![Boomerang fighter](/images/imagemagick/tmb_air_boomerang2.jpg)
![USS Wasp (Essex-class) after her shakedown cruise preparing to leave Boston, Massachusetts, United States, for the Panama Canal, 15 Mar 1944. Note Measure 33/10A camouflage. Photo 1 of 4](/images/imagemagick/tmb_ship_waspessex13.jpg)
![USS Wasp (Essex-class) after her shakedown cruise preparing to leave Boston, Massachusetts, United States, for the Panama Canal, 15 Mar 1944. Note Measure 33/10A camouflage. Photo 2 of 4](/images/imagemagick/tmb_55a747cc15222.jpg)
![USS Wasp (Essex-class) after her shakedown cruise preparing to leave Boston, Massachusetts, United States, for the Panama Canal, 15 Mar 1944. Note Measure 33/10A camouflage. Photo 3 of 4](/images/imagemagick/tmb_55a7488464f52.jpg)
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