Due to World War II, which by then had been ongoing for four years and had devastated London, . In spite of the war, the IOC organised many events to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of its foundation at its headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland. Held from 17 to 19 June 1944, this celebration was referred to as "The Jubilee Celebrations of IOC" by Carl Diem, the originator of the modern tradition of the Olympic torch relay.[2]
Polish prisoners of war in the Woldenberg (Dobiegniew) Oflag II-CPOW camp were granted permission by their German captors to stage an unofficial POW Olympics during 23 July to 13 August 1944, and an Olympic Flag made with a bed sheet and pieces of coloured scarves was raised. The event has been considered to be a demonstration of the Olympic spirit transcending war.[3]
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1944, summer, olympics, officially, known, games, xiii, olympiad, planned, international, multi, sport, event, scheduled, have, been, held, from, july, august, 1944, london, england, united, kingdom, games, were, canceled, world, alongside, 1944, winter, olymp. The 1944 Summer Olympics officially known as the Games of the XIII Olympiad was a planned international multi sport event scheduled to have been held from July to August 1944 in London England United Kingdom The games were canceled due to World War II alongside the 1944 Winter Olympics in Cortina d Ampezzo Italy and were the fifth games to be canceled due to war However unofficial celebrations went ahead anyway in Switzerland as well as by Polish prisoners of war held in Nazi occupied Poland Games of the XIII OlympiadHost cityLondon United KingdomSummer Berlin 1936 Tokyo 1940London 1948 Winter Garmisch 1936 Cortina 1944St Moritz 1948 The games eventually took place in London in 1948 and would later host the 2012 Summer Olympics Contents 1 History 2 Bid results 3 See also 4 NotesHistory EditLondon won the bid on the first ballot in a June 1939 International Olympic Committee election over Rome Detroit Lausanne Athens Budapest Helsinki and Montreal The selection was made at the 38th IOC Session in London in 1939 1 Due to World War II which by then had been ongoing for four years and had devastated London In spite of the war the IOC organised many events to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of its foundation at its headquarters in Lausanne Switzerland Held from 17 to 19 June 1944 this celebration was referred to as The Jubilee Celebrations of IOC by Carl Diem the originator of the modern tradition of the Olympic torch relay 2 Polish prisoners of war in the Woldenberg Dobiegniew Oflag II C POW camp were granted permission by their German captors to stage an unofficial POW Olympics during 23 July to 13 August 1944 and an Olympic Flag made with a bed sheet and pieces of coloured scarves was raised The event has been considered to be a demonstration of the Olympic spirit transcending war 3 Bid results EditIOC voting 1 City Country Round 1London nbsp United Kingdom 20Rome nbsp Italy 11Detroit nbsp United States 2Lausanne nbsp Switzerland 1Athens nbsp Greece 0Budapest nbsp Hungary 0Helsinki nbsp Finland 0Montreal nbsp Canada 0See also Edit nbsp Olympic Games portalOlympic Games abandoned due to war 1916 Summer Olympics 1940 Summer Olympics 1940 Winter Olympics 1944 Summer Olympics 1944 Winter Olympics List of IOC country codesNotes Edit a b Past Olympic host city election results GamesBids Archived from the original on 24 January 2011 Retrieved 17 March 2011 Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Mount Olympus Meets the Middle Kingdom Beijing 2008 Olympic Games History of the Olympic Games Encyclopaedia Britannica Retrieved 11 December 2015 Grys Iwona 1996 The Olympic Idea Transcending War PDF Olympic Review XXV 8 April May 1996 68 archived from the original on 10 September 2008 retrieved 26 June 2012 Summer OlympicsPreceded byTokyo Helsinki cancelled due to World War II XIII OlympiadLondon1944 cancelled due to World War II Succeeded byLondon 1948 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1944 Summer Olympics amp oldid 1172709477, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
