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1944 Winter Olympics

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Timeline: Winter Olympic Games (1924 - 2026)

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Heart Stopping Moments 1944 Cortina d'Ampezzo VI Winter Olympic Cauldron Lighting OpeningCeremony2

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1956 Winter Olympics Medal

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The 1940 and 1944 Winter Olympics were canceled due to what event?

The 1944 Winter Olympics, which would have been officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games, were to have been celebrated in February 1944 in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. Cortina d'Ampezzo had been awarded the games in June 1939, but with the onset of World War II, the 1944 Winter Olympics were cancelled in 1941.
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