Normally this is the time of year when a town is gearing to host the Winter Games. They were scheduled to be held in the German town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen in 1940, but upon that nations attack against Poland in September 1939, the games were canceled.
Also, the 1944 Winter Olympics were given to Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, in the summer of 1939, but were canceled because of the escalation of the war.
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That is an interesting tidbit. Never heard that before.
ReplyDeleteThe only other time the Olympics were canceled outside WW2 was in 1916, due to WWI.
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