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 | 1945-01-01 | Unternehmen Bodenplatte | The final major Luftwaffe offensive during the war and a massive effort to disable allied air power in the low countries. The effort was ultimately a pyrrhic tactical success. Allied losses were replaced in weeks. | Read about 'Unternehmen Bodenplatte' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Unternehmen Bodenplatte' | |
| 1944-12-29 | 1945-02-13 | Siege of Budapest | One of the bloodiest sieges of the war. German and Hungarian troops defended the city for a month and a half, against attacks by elements of Malinovsky's 2nd Ukrainian Front, before they unconditionally surrendered. | Read about 'Siege of Budapest' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Siege of Budapest' |
| 1944-12-26 | Third army breaks through | Elements of General George Patton's Third Army, spearheaded by Lt. Col. Creighton Abrams commanding the 4th Armored Division's 37th Armor Regiment, succeeded in punching through to Bastogne, reaching the lines of the 326th Engineers. | Read about 'Third army breaks through' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Third army breaks through' | |
| 1944-12-24 | Battle of the Bulge | The furthest westward penetration made by the German attack was by the 2nd Panzer Division of the Fifth Panzer Army, coming to less than 16 km of the Meuse River. | Read about 'Battle of the Bulge' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Battle of the Bulge' | |
| 1944-12-20 | 1944-12-27 | Siege of Bastogne | Bastogne, a vital road junction in the Ardennes mountain range, was a vital objective for German forces during the Battle of the Bulge. 101st, 10th and 705th battalion troops held the town, until they were relieved by elements of Patton's 3rd Army. | Read about 'Siege of Bastogne' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Siege of Bastogne' |
| 1944-12-18 | Hankow Bombing | 77 B-29 Superfortress and 200 other aircraft of U.S. Fourteenth Air Force bomb Hankow, China, a Japanese supply base. | Read about 'Hankow Bombing' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Hankow Bombing' | |
| 1944-12-17 | Malmedy | Eighty eight American prisoners of war are murdered by their German captors. The massacre was committed by Kampfgruppe Peiper (part of the 1st SS Panzer Division). | Read about 'Malmedy' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Malmedy' | |
| 1944-12-16 | Initial Assault | In the north The 6th SS Panzer Army assaulted the Losheim Gap and the Elsenborn Ridge in an effort to break through to Lige. In the center The 5th Panzer Army attacked towards Bastogne and St. Vith. in the South The 7th Army pushed towards Luxembourg. | Read about 'Initial Assault' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Initial Assault' | |
| 1944-12-05 | Ravenna Liberated | Canada's 12th Royal Lancers, led by one of Bulow's detachments, entered the city from the south as Popsky's pirates stormed in from the east to find the Germans fleeing. With the exception of one section of blown aqueduct, the city was intact. | Read about 'Ravenna Liberated' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Ravenna Liberated' | |
| 1944-11-28 | Albania Liberated | Albania is liberated by the partisans. | Read about 'Albania Liberated' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Albania Liberated' |
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