December 1944

Friday 01:

Edward Stettinius Jr. becomes becomes the last United States Secretary of State of the Roosevelt administration.

Sunday 03:

Civil war breaks out in a newly-liberated Greece, between Communists and royalists.

Saturday 16:

World War II: A V-2 rocket hits the Rex Cinema in Antwerp killing 567 people.

Sunday 17:

In what became known as the Malmédy massacre, around 80 American POW are executed by Waffen-SS troops of Jochen Peiper’s Kampfgruppe.

Friday 22:

Vietnam People's Army is formed to resist Japanese occupation of Vietnam

Tuesday 26:

American troops repulse German forces at Bastogne

Saturday 30:

King George II of Greece declares a regency, leaving his throne vacant

Sunday 31:

World War II: Hungary declares war on Germany