The Germans, now in the position of having to invade their own allies in order to keep them in the war, did just that and invaded Hungary with eight divisions. The invasion was a complete surprise, and came from all directions. It was largely bloodless.
Hungary was Germany's largest ally, and the country had approached the Western Allies as early as the summer of 1943. Hungary had refused, starting around that time, to provide troops for the Balkans and by this time in 1944 was openly seeking to withdraw its troops from Ukraine. By March 1944 it had largely demobilized and was nearly out of the war.
The Germans kept the Hungarian Army in the field, having no other choice. The SS began the deportation of 550,000 Hungarian Jews, with Hungarian collaboration. Admiral Horthy continued his efforts to negotiate a separate peace with the Soviet Union but had to form a new government under Döme Sztójay which reentered the war in the East.
The U-1059 was sunk by US aircraft off of Cape Verde.
The Indian National Army hoisted its flag on Indian soil captured by the Japanese offensive in northeast Indian.
Picasso's Desire Caught by the Tail was preformed for the first time in occupied Paris, making the performance presented by Albert Camus particularly pathetic, in my opinion.
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