December 1944 Explained

The following events occurred in December 1944:

December 1, 1944 (Friday)

December 2, 1944 (Saturday)

December 3, 1944 (Sunday)

December 4, 1944 (Monday)

German occupation authorities in the Netherlands cut the bread ration to two pounds per person per week.[8]

December 5, 1944 (Tuesday)

December 6, 1944 (Wednesday)

December 7, 1944 (Thursday)

December 8, 1944 (Friday)

December 9, 1944 (Saturday)

December 10, 1944 (Sunday)

December 11, 1944 (Monday)

December 12, 1944 (Tuesday)

December 13, 1944 (Wednesday)

December 14, 1944 (Thursday)

December 15, 1944 (Friday)

December 16, 1944 (Saturday)

December 17, 1944 (Sunday)

84 American prisoners of war were murdered by their German captors in Malmedy, Belgium.

11 African-American prisoners of war were murdered by German troops of the 1st SS Panzer Division near the Belgian hamlet of Wereth.

December 18, 1944 (Monday)

December 19, 1944 (Tuesday)

December 20, 1944 (Wednesday)

December 21, 1944 (Thursday)

December 22, 1944 (Friday)

December 23, 1944 (Saturday)

December 24, 1944 (Sunday)

December 25, 1944 (Monday)

December 26, 1944 (Tuesday)

December 27, 1944 (Wednesday)

December 28, 1944 (Thursday)

December 29, 1944 (Friday)

December 30, 1944 (Saturday)

December 31, 1944 (Sunday)

Notes and References

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  2. December 2, 1944 . Horvath Awarded Heisman Trophy . Logan Daily News . Logan, Ohio . 5 .
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  5. Web site: The Army-Navy Game During World War II . Tallent . Aaron . December 10, 2015 . Athlon Sports & Life . March 1, 2016.
  6. Web site: 1944 . MusicAndHistory . March 1, 2016 .
  7. Web site: War Diary for Sunday, 3 December 1944 . Stone & Stone Second World War Books . March 1, 2016 .
  8. Book: Dando-Collins, Stephen . 2015 . Operation Chowhound: The Most Risky, Most Glorious US Bomber Mission of WWII . New York . St. Martin's Press . 47–48 . 978-1-137-27963-7 .
  9. Web site: War Diary for Tuesday, 5 December 1944 . Stone & Stone Second World War Books . March 1, 2016 .
  10. Book: Brown, Mike. Evacuees: evacuation in wartime Britain, 1939-1945. 2005. Sutton Publishers. 0-7509-4045-X. Stroud. 113. 276515879.
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  17. Web site: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1944 . Nobelprize.org . March 1, 2016 .
  18. Web site: The Nobel Prize in Physics 1943 . NobelPrize.org . March 1, 2016 .
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  25. Web site: War Diary for Friday, 15 December 1944 . Stone & Stone Second World War Books . March 1, 2016 .
  26. Book: Quartermaine, Luisa . 2000 . Mussolini's Last Republic: Propaganda and Politics in the Italian Social Republic 1943–45 . Exeter . Elm Bank Publications . 128 . 978-1-902454-08-5 .
  27. Web site: Gothic Line Offensive . Chen . C. Peter . World War II Database . March 1, 2016 .
  28. Book: Davidson . Edward . Manning . Dale . 1999 . Chronology of World War Two . London . Cassell & Co. . 226 . 0-304-35309-4 .
  29. Web site: Conflict Timeline, December 14-23 1944 . OnWar.com . March 1, 2016 .
  30. Web site: The story of the NUTS! Reply . McAuliffe . Kenneth J. Jr. . December 12, 2012 . Army.mil . March 1, 2016 .
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  32. Web site: War Diary for Saturday, 23 December 1944 . Stone & Stone Second World War Books . March 1, 2016 .
  33. News: His life best gift of any . Ladd . Joan . . December 25, 1988 . 1A, 4A . 29 October 2021 . Google News.
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  36. Web site: Conflict Timeline, December 21 1944-Jan 2 1945 . OnWar.com . March 1, 2016.
  37. Web site: General Frederick Castle.
  38. Web site: War Diary for Monday, 25 December 1944 . Stone & Stone Second World War Books . March 1, 2016 .
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  43. Web site: War Diary for Saturday, 30 December 1944 . Stone & Stone Second World War Books . March 1, 2016 .
  44. Gowran . Clay . December 31, 1944 . King Appoints Archbishop as Greek Regent . . Chicago . 1 .
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