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==Decembro==
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* [[3-a de decembro]]: La [[Dekemvriana]] ("Decembraj okazaĵoj") ekis en la ĉefurbo de Grekio, [[Ateno]], inter membroj de la maldekstra Naciliberiga Fronto kaj fortoj de la registaro, apogitaj de britoj. La tumultoj estis limigitaj al Ateno tamen, kaj la cetero de la lando restis relative sentumulta.
:3: The [[Dekemvriana]] ("December events") begin in the Greek capital, Athens, between members of the leftist National Liberation Front and government forces, backed by the British. The clashes are limited to Athens however, and the rest of the country remains relatively tranquil.<br>: The [[British Home Guard]] is stood down.
* [[5-a de decembro]]: La Aliancanoj ekkontrolis [[Raveno]]n, Italio.
:5: The Allies are now in control of [[Ravenna]], Italy.
:* [[8-a de decembro]]: TheStartis softeningla upmildigo bombardmentde ofla bombardado de [[Iwo Jima]] begins.
:* [[14-a de decembro]]: JapaneseJapanaj defendersdefendantoj inen [[PalawanPalavano]] inen theFilipinoj Philippinesmortigis kill overĉirkaŭ 100 Americanusonajn POW'smilitprizonulojn inen thela [[PalawanPalavana MassacreMasakro]].<ref name="ww2db1944"/><ref name="etherington"/><br>: Units of Air Group 80 from {{USS|Ticonderoga|CV-14|6}} flew seven strikes against Japanese positions in northern [[Luzon]] in the Philippines.<ref name="ww2db1944"/>
** Unuoj de la Aergrupo 80 el usona ŝipo ''Ticonderoga'' faris sep atakojn kontraŭ japanaj pozicioj en norda [[Luzono]] en Fhilipinoj.<ref name="ww2db1944"/>
:* [[15-a de decembro]]: AmericansUsonaj andkaj Filipinosfilipinaj landtertrupoj troopsen atla insulo [[Mindoro]] island in theen PhilippinesFilipinoj.<ref name="ww2db1944"/><ref name="etherington"/>
:* [[16-a de decembro]]: TheLa [[BattleBatalo of thede BulgeArdenoj]] beginsekis as German forces attempt a breakthrough in the [[ArdennesArdenoj]] region. The main object of Hitler's plan is the retaking of Antwerp.
:* [[17-a de decembro]]: The [[Malmedy massacre]]: SS troops execute 84 American prisoners in the Ardennes offensive. The SS troops are led by SS commander [[Joachim Peiper]].<br>: [[Typhoon Cobra (1944)|Typhoon Cobra]] hits the Third Fleet of Admiral Halsey; three destroyers capsize and almost 800 lives are lost.
:* [[18-a de decembro]]: [[Bastogne]], an important crossroads, is surrounded.
:* [[22-a de decembro]]: General [[Anthony McAuliffe]]'s famous message of "Nuts" is sent to German officers at Bastogne demanding surrender.
:22: The battle for Bastogne is at its height, with Americans running low on ammunition.
:** The battle for Bastogne is at its height, with Americans running low on ammunition.
* [[23-a de decembro]]: The skies clear over the Ardennes, permitting Allied aircraft to begin their attacks on the German offensive, the one factor that Hitler feared in his planning.
:24: The American counter-attack at the "Bulge" begins.<br>: The Belgian transport ship {{SS|Leopoldville|1929|6}} is sunk off the coast of France. More than 800 lives, predominantly those of American servicemen, are lost.<br>: [[Manchester]] is attacked by [[V1 flying bomb]]s
:* [[26-a de decembro]]: The siege of Bastogne is broken, and with it the Ardennes offensive proves a failure.<br>: Racial tensions within the US military boil over into the [[Agana race riot]] on [[Guam]].
:* [[28-a de decembro]]: Churchill and his Foreign Secretary [[Anthony Eden]] are in Athens in an attempt to reconcile the warring factions.
:* [[29-a de decembro]]: Soviet troops begin the [[Siege of Budapest]].<ref name="ww2db1944"/><ref name="etherington"/>
:* [[31-a de decembro]]: The Soviet-backed Hungarian Provisional Government declares war on Germany.<ref name="ww2db1944"/><ref name="etherington"/>
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