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Today in World War II History—December 20, 1939 & 1944

Friday, December 20, 2024 by Sarah Sundin
Former US President Herbert Hoover, Dr. van Loon, and Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia raising funds for Finland for the Winter War, New York, New York, 20 Dec 1939 (public domain via Wikipedia)

Former US President Herbert Hoover, Dr. van Loon, and Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia raising funds for Finland for the Winter War, New York, New York, 20 Dec 1939 (public domain via Wikipedia)

85 Years Ago—Dec. 20, 1939: “Let’s Help Finland” event is held at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Capt. Hans Langsdorff, captain of scuttled German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee, commits suicide in Argentina.

Eight WASP pilots in front of a North American AT-6 Texan a month before the WASPs were disbanded, Waco Army Airfield, Texas, 27 Nov 1944 (US Army Air Force photo)

Eight WASP pilots in front of a North American AT-6 Texan a month before the WASPs were disbanded, Waco Army Airfield, Texas, 27 Nov 1944 (US Army Air Force photo)

80 Years Ago—Dec. 20, 1944: US terminates WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots) program—returning combat airmen will perform their ferrying services; 1,037 women served, with 38 fatalities.

Dwight Eisenhower, Supreme Allied Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe, is appointed a 5-star general of the army.

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