WHAT ALL HAPPENED OCTOBER TO DECEMBER 1944
Find out what all happened October to December 1944

World War II: The Soviet Red Army enters Hungary. (23. October 1944)

Erich Göstl, a member of the Waffen-SS, is awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, to recognise extreme battlefield bravery, after losing his face and eyes during the Battle of Normandy. (31. October 1944)

World War II: The Liberation of Athens from the German invaders. (12. October 1944)

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 General Anthony McAuliffe: "Nuts!" (22. December 1944)

World War II: The Japanese aircraft carrier Zuikaku and the battleship Musashi are sunk by American aircraft in the Battle of Leyte Gulf. (24. October 1944)

World War II: The Battle of the Bulge begins with the surprise offensive of three German armies through the Ardennes forest. (16. December 1944)

World War II: The Battle of Crucifix Hill occurs on Crucifix Hill just outside Aachen. Capt. Bobbie Brown receives a Medal of Honor for his heroics in this battle. (8. October 1944)

World War II: Hungary declares war on Nazi Germany. (31. December 1944)

Wally Walrus, Woody Woodpecker's first steady foil, was debuted at the The Beach Nut, a Walter Lantz's cartoon. (16. October 1944)

Suffrage is extended to women in France. (5. October 1944)

The ammunition ship USS Mount Hood explodes at Seeadler Harbour, Manus, Admiralty Islands, killing at least 432 and wounding 371. (10. November 1944)

World War II: Operation Nordwind, the last major German offensive on the Western Front begins. (31. December 1944)

World War II: Albania is liberated by partisan forces. (29. November 1944)

World War II: RAF Fauld explosion – An explosion at a Royal Air Force ammunition dump in Staffordshire kills seventy people. (27. November 1944)

World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt announces the 6th War Loan Drive, aimed at selling US$14 billion in war bonds to help pay for the war effort. (19. November 1944)

American general Douglas MacArthur fulfills his promise to return to the Philippines when he commands an Allied assault on the islands, reclaiming them from the Japanese during the Second World War. (20. October 1944)

The USS Tang under Richard O'Kane (the top American submarine captain of World War II) is sunk by the ship's own malfunctioning torpedo. (25. October 1944)

World War II: Operation Queen, the costly Allied thrust to the Rur, is launched. (16. November 1944)

Heinrich Himmler orders a crackdown on the Edelweiss Pirates, a loosely organized youth culture in Nazi Germany that had assisted army deserters and others to hide from the Third Reich. (25. October 1944)

World War II: Germany begins V-1 and V-2 attacks on Antwerp, Belgium. (26. November 1944)