User:Hawkeye7/War/Selected anniversaries/December 24

December 24:

 * 1715 - Swedish troops occupy Norway.
 * 1814 - The Treaty of Ghent was signed which ended the War of 1812.
 * 1914 - Christmas Truce, December 24–25, 1914, unofficial and impromptu cease-fire that occurred along the Western Front during World War I
 * 1941 - Hong Kong falls to the Japanese Imperial Army.
 * 1941 - Wake Island is conquered by Japanese forces.
 * 1943 - US General Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes the supreme Allied commander.
 * 1968 - The crew of the USS Pueblo is released by North Korea after being held for 11 months on suspicion of spying.