20 Mar 1944




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- Soviet troops captured Vinnitsa, Ukraine, site of one of Hitler's Feldhauptquartiere. ww2dbase [TH]
- Romanian troops arrived in Hungary to assist in the German occupation. ww2dbase [CPC]
- A Japanese aircraft attacked USS Tunny with eight light bombs near Toagel Mlungui Pass in the Palau Islands, causing no damage. ww2dbase [Tunny | CPC]
- Minoru Ota was made the commanding officer of Sasebo Guard Force. ww2dbase [Minoru Ota | CPC]
- Mason was commissioned into service. ww2dbase [Mason | CPC]
- USS Pollack sank Japanese freighter Hakuyo Maru in the Nanpo Islands area, Japan with one of two torpedoes fired. ww2dbase [Pollack | CPC]
- USS Cabrilla attacked a Japanese transport off British Malaya; all six torpedoes missed. ww2dbase [Cabrilla | CPC]
- Orde Wingate visited the Aberdeen site in Meza valley, Burma. ww2dbase [Operation Thursday | CPC]
- Japanese troops captured Ukhrul, India, defeating the Indian Parachute Regiment and a brigade from the British 23rd Division. ww2dbase [Battle of Imphal-Kohima | CPC]
- USS Franklin set sail for Gulf of Paria, Trinidad for her shakedown cruise. ww2dbase [Franklin | CPC]
- USS New Mexico bombarded Kavieng, New Ireland. ww2dbase [New Mexico | Kavieng, New Ireland | CPC]
- US 4th Marine Regiment secured Emirau, Bismarck Islands. ww2dbase [New Guinea-Papua Campaign, Phase 3 | Emirau | CPC]
- USS New Mexico bombarded Kavieng, New Ireland. ww2dbase [New Guinea-Papua Campaign, Phase 3 | Kavieng, New Ireland | CPC]
- Barbers Point Naval Air Station: Officers and men of Air Group 100 arrived on board. ww2dbase [Barbers Point Naval Air Station | Ewa, Oahu | DS]
- The "Valanga" Guastatori naval infantry battalion was made a part of Xa MAS of Italian Navy. ww2dbase [CPC]
- British 78th Infantry Division joined in the attack of Cassino, Italy. ww2dbase [Battle of Monte Cassino | Cassino, Lazio | CPC]
- USS Preston was commissioned into service with Commander Goldsborough S. Patrick in command. ww2dbase [Preston (Fletcher-class) | CPC]




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