The temperature on December 21, 1944 was between 2.6 °C and 5.5 °C and averaged 4.0 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
March 4 » World War II: After the success of Big Week, the USAAF begins a daylight bombing campaign of Berlin.
March 19 » World War II: The German army occupies Hungary.
April 26 » Georgios Papandreou becomes head of the Greek government-in-exile based in Egypt.
August 12 » Alençon is liberated by General Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, the first city in France to be liberated from the Nazis by French forces.
November 26 » World War II: A German V-2 rocket hits a Woolworth's shop in London, United Kingdom, killing 168 people.
December 31 » World War II: Operation Nordwind, the last major Wehrmacht offensive on the Western Front begins.
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