Battle of Bulge
Arrives with the 101st Airborne Division at Bastogne to check the 5th Panzer Army
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December
Battle of Bulge
Turns 90 degrees north to attack the German southern flank. Halts the 3rd Armys advance into the Saar
Battle of Bulge
Sent as a reinforcement to bolster the northern flank
Promotion to General of the Army
Promoted to the five-star rank of General of the Army.
Battle of Bulge
Launches an attack on Bastogne
First Fat Man Assembly
The first full Fat Man bomb assembly is completed for handling and airdrop practice, before nuclear material and final explosive lenses are available.
Battle of Bastogne
The defences are breached but the Germans are later repulsed the following day
Battle of Bulge
The Germans breach the defences of Bastogne
Battle of Bulge
The US 4th Armored Division turns the Germans back at Bastogne
Battle of Bulge
The 3rd Army break through Manteufells troops & reach Baston
Third Army
The 3rd Army break through Manteufells troops & reach Baston
Insists Polish Recognition Wait for Conference
Asks Stalin to leave the question of recognizing the Lublin Committee unresolved until the tripartite meeting.
Fat Man
Successful test of explosive lens for Fat Man
First Neutron Powder Diffraction
Obtains early neutron powder diffraction measurements using the X-10 Graphite Reactor.
Implosion Initiator Development Begins
Work begins on a precisely timed neutron initiator for the solid-core implosion weapon.
Manhattan Project
Successful test of explosive lens for Fat Man
Manhattan Project
Successful test of explosive lens for Fat Man
Neutron Diffraction Measurements
Works with Ernest Wollan on early reactor-based neutron diffraction measurements.
Other events (month unknown)
Actinide Concept
Proposes that the heavy elements beginning with actinium form a separate actinide series analogous to the lanthanides, reshaping the lower part of the periodic table.
Aide-de-Camp to Charles Thrasher
Shaw served as aide-de-camp to General Charles Thrasher during the Second World War.
Allies Prepare Washington Conversations
American British Soviet and Chinese governments prepared negotiations on a future organization for peace and security.
American Delegation Meets Allies
United States representatives participated in negotiations on the proposed postwar security organization.
Ardennes
Leads the American attack on the Ardennes, serves under Montgomery
Bombing of Normandy
Carries out a plan to bomb the French railway system, despite Churchills opposition
British Delegation Presents Proposals
The British delegation contributed its government's planning for the structure of a world organization.
Burma Road
Re-opens the Burma Road into China
Capture of Liege
Captures Liege & liberates it from the Germans
Capture of Morlaix
Captures Morlaix
Capture of Nantes
Captures Nantes
Capture of Quimper
Captures Quimper
Capture of St Brieuc
Captures St Brieuc
Catch That Rabbit
Asimov published Catch That Rabbit, a robot mystery involving malfunctioning mining machines.
China Joins Separate Negotiating Phase
Chinese representatives later met American and British delegations after the Soviet phase ended.
Chinese Phase Opens In September
Talks with Chinese representatives began on 29 September following the Soviet phase.
Collective Enforcement Powers Proposed
The delegates considered measures that the proposed organization could take against threats to peace.
Commander of Army Group Twelve
Appointed Commander of the Twelfth Army Group
Commander of Army Group Twelve
Appointed Commander of the Twelfth Army Group
Commander of First Army
Appointed Commander of the First Army
Commander of First Army
Appointed Commander of the First Army
Commander of First Army
Appointed Commander of the US First Army
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