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| 1944, June |
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Chinese pilots bombed Japanese rail yards in Bangkok, flying from airfields constructed with U.S. and British help. They then bombed a Japanese steel plant in Ky sh, Japan's southernmost island (June 15), as well as sites in Manchuria and Taiwan. | 1 |
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| June–July |
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| U.S. missions to “observe” operations in Yan'an by Vice President Henry Wallace (1888–1965) and others came back strongly suggesting closer ties with the CCP, as opposed to the corruption-ridden GMD. Patrick Hurley (1883–1963), a Roosevelt envoy, returned with similar impressions from a trip in November. | 2 |
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| April |
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| Japanese forces launched the Ichigo Campaign in northern and central China. Changsha was taken; later (Nov.) Guilin and Liuzhou (in Guangxi province) were captured as well. | 3 |
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| Oct |
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| Gen. Joseph Stilwell (1883–1946), adviser to the Chinese forces and frequent critic of Jiang Jieshi, was recalled to Washington and replaced by Gen. Albert Wedemeyer. Roosevelt wanted Stilwell to take control over all Chinese forces, and Jiang vociferously refused. | 4 |
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| Dec. 31 |
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| Gen. Jiang promised the Chinese people that a constitutional government would be established before the end of the war. | 5 |
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