17 Mar 1944
- Soviet troops advanced near the Romanian border. ww2dbase [CPC]
- German submarine U-371 sank Dutch troop transport Dempo in the Mediterranean Sea just off of the coast of Algeria, killing 498. ww2dbase [El Aouana | CPC]
- USS Columbia arrived at Emirau, Bismarck Islands to support the landings. ww2dbase [Columbia | Emirau, New Ireland | CPC]
- The first American bombing on Vienna, Austria from Italy took place. ww2dbase [Vienna | CPC]
- Japanese and Anglo-Indian troops clashed at Tonzang, Burma. ww2dbase [Battle of Imphal-Kohima | tonzang | CPC]
- Finland rejected the Soviet peace proposal. ww2dbase [TH]
- Barbers Point Naval Air Station: Eighteen aircraft (Model F6F-5), officers and men of Night Fighting Squadron 77 (VF(N)-77) arrived on board. ww2dbase [Barbers Point Naval Air Station | Ewa, Oahu | DS]
- New Zealand troops captured the train station at Cassino, Italy. Nearby, Indian Gurkha troops captured Point 435 (nicknamed Hangman's Hill). ww2dbase [Battle of Monte Cassino | Cassino, Lazio | TH, CPC]
- Soviet troops captured Dubno, Ukraine, a major transportation hub. ww2dbase [Dubno, Rivne | CPC]
- Edward Brooks became the commanding officer of the US 2nd Armored Division at Tidworth Barracks near Salisbury, England, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [Edward Brooks | Salisbury, England | CPC]

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