of 46 men. January 29 – WWII: Koniuchy massacre – A unit of Soviet partisans accompanied by Jewish partisans kills at least 38 civilians in the village of Koniuchy in Nazi occupied Lithuania. January 30 – WWII: The Battle of Cisterna opens, as United States Army Rangers attempt to break out of the Anzio beachhead. United States troops invade Majuro, Marshall Islands. January 31 – WWII: Battle of Kwajalein: American forces land on Kwajalein Atoll and other islands, in the Japanese-held Marshall Islands. February The Zadran tribe rises up against the Afghan government, starting the Afghan tribal revolts of 1944–1947. February 2 – The first issue of Human Events is published in Washington, D.C. February 3 – WWII: United States troops capture the Marshall Islands. February 7 – WWII: At Anzio, German forces launch a counteroffensive. February 8 – WWII: 2,765 drown when American submarine torpedoes Japanese troop transport Lima Maru. 2,670 drown when British submarine torpedoes German-captured carrying Italian prisoners of war. February 14 – WWII: An anti-Japanese revolt breaks out on Java. February 15 – WWII: Battle of Monte Cassino – The monastery atop Monte Cassino is destroyed by Allied bombing. February 17 – WWII: Pacific War – The Battle of Eniwetok begins when U.S. forces invade the atoll in the Marshall Islands. February 18 – WWII: British light cruiser is torpedoed and sunk by U-410 in the Mediterranean; 417 of her crew, including the captain, go down with the ship; 206 survive. February 20 – WWII: The "Big Week" begins, with American bomber raids on German aircraft manufacturing centers. The United States takes Eniwetok Atoll. Norwegian heavy water sabotage: The Norwegian resistance sinks train ferry SF Hydro which is carrying a shipment of heavy water from the Vemork plant to Germany along Tinnsjå in Telemark. February 22 – WWII: The United States Strategic Air Forces in Europe is organized from the Eighth Air Force's strategic planning staff, subsuming strategic planning for all US Army Air Forces in Europe and Africa. February 23 – WWII: Deportation of the Chechens and Ingush ("Operation Lentil"): Forced deportation of Chechens and Ingush people from North Caucasus to Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan in Central Asia by the Soviet authorities begins. The Battle of Eniwetok concludes when U.S. forces secure the last islands in the Eniwetok Atoll. February 24 – WWII: American submarine torpedoes Japanese transports and ; 7,998 drown. February 26 Kurt Gerron