The 1944 Winter Olympics, which would have been officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games (after the cancellation of
1940s
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V Olympic Winter Games) (Italian: ''V Giochi olimpici invernali''), were to have been celebrated in February 1944 in
Cortina d'Ampezzo,
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...
. Cortina d'Ampezzo had been awarded the games in June 1939, but with the onset of
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...
, the 1944 Winter Olympics were cancelled in 1941.
The V Olympic Winter Games eventually took place in
St. Moritz,
Switzerland, in
1948; Cortina d'Ampezzo eventually hosted the
1956 Winter Olympics and will co-host the
2026 Winter Olympics
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with
Milan
Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...
.
See also
{{Olympic_Games
Cancelled Olympic Games
Events cancelled due to World War II
Olympic Games in Italy
Sport in Cortina d'Ampezzo
1944 in multi-sport events
Winter Olympics by year
1944 in Italian sport