World War II: The People's Army of Vietnam is formed to resist Japanese occupation of Indochina, now Vietnam. Date: December 22, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 22 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War II: Battle of the Bulge: German troops demand the surrender of United States troops at Bastogne, Belgium, prompting the famous one word reply by Brigadier General Anthony McAuliffe: "Nuts!" Date: December 22, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 22 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On…
The Supreme Court of the United States issued its decision in Korematsu v. United States supporting Franklin D. Roosevelt's Executive Order 9066 which cleared the way for the incarceration of nearly all 120,000 Japanese Americans, two-thirds of whom were U.S. citizens, born and raised in the United States. Date: December 18, 1944 Read more on…
World War II: XX Bomber Command responds to the Japanese Operation Ichi-Go offensive by dropping five hundred tons of incendiary bombs on a supply base in Hankow, China. Date: December 18, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 18 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War II: Battle of the Bulge: Malmedy massacre: American 285th Field Artillery Observation Battalion POWs are shot by Waffen-SS Kampfgruppe Joachim Peiper. Date: December 17, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 17 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War II: The Battle of the Bulge begins with the surprise offensive of three German armies through the Ardennes forest. Date: December 16, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 16 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War II: a single-engine UC-64A Norseman aeroplane carrying United States Army Air Forces Major Glenn Miller is lost in a flight over the English Channel. Date: December 15, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 15 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day (Today)
An earthquake along the coast of Wakayama Prefecture in Japan causes a tsunami which kills 1,223 people. Date: December 7, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 7 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day (Today)
Greek Civil War: Fighting breaks out in Athens between the ELAS and government forces supported by the British Army. Date: December 3, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 3 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day (Today)
Albania is liberated by the Partisans. Date: November 29, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 29 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day (Today)