End of the Siege of Bastogne which was an American victory. Beginning of the Siege of Budapest by the Red Army.
Germans forces were forced out of Celles by 30 Corps.
The US 8th Air Force bombs Coblenz, Bonn and Kaiserslautern (nominally railway targets) and the RAF Munchen-Gladbach and Bonn.
Sára Salkaházi, a Hungarian religious sister was executed by the Arrow Cross Party for working to save Jews. She was 45 years old.
The U-877 was sunk northwest of the Azores by Canadian corvette HMCS St. Thomas.
David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor, announced his retirement from Parliament.
"Men marching through unnamed village outside of Nansin, two natives of the village stand on the porch of their basha and watch the troops of the 1st Bn., 475th Regt. pass by. Sitha, Burma, 27 December, 1944. 1st Battalion, 475th Infantry Regiment, MARS Task Force."
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