16 December 1944

December 1944

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Western Front

First day of the Battle of the Bulge: German V and VI Panzer Armies attack elements of the US 1st and 9th Armies in the Ardennes

Italy

8th Army captures Faenza

General Clark take command of the 15th Army Group, General Truscott replaces him with the US 5th Army

United States

General Wilson replaces Dill on the Combined Chief of Staff Committee in Washington


How to cite this article: Rickard, J (28 December 2007), 16 December 1944 , http://www.historyofwar.org/secondworldwar/date/1944_12_16.html

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