During World II the winter games were canceled but after that time the Winter Games have been held in St. Moritz ( 1948 ), Innsbruck, Austria ( 1964 and 1976 ), Grenoble, France, ( 1968 ), Albertville, France, ( 1992 ), and Torino, Italy, ( 2006 ).

* During World War II, the secret protocol in Molotov-Ribbentrop pact enabled Winter War ( 1939 – 40 ), a Soviet attack on Finland.

During these wars the Finns suffered 90, 000 casualties and inflicted severe casualties on the Russians ( 120, 000 dead in the Winter War and 200, 000 in the Continuation War ) compared to other nations such as Poland.

During the baseball Winter Meetings, the Marlins signed All-Star closer Heath Bell, followed by All-Star shortstop José Reyes signed to the longest and most lucrative contract in team history.

" During the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, the souvenir pins included one depicting green Jell-O.

During the Winter War, the Soviet air force made extensive use of incendiaries and cluster bombs against Finnish troops and fortifications.

During the Winter war, Finnish ski troops became known for appearing out of woods to a road used by a Soviet column, opening fire with M / 31s and disappearing into the woods on the other side of the road, and during the Continuation war the Finnish Sissi patrols would often equip every soldier with M / 31s.

During the 2002 Winter Olympics, the university hosted the Olympic Village, a housing complex for the Olympic and Paralympic athletes, as well as the opening and closing ceremonies.

During the Winter Olympics, the National Olympic Committees ( NOCs ) of the constituent countries had not yet been affiliated to the IOC, so the Olympic Flag was used in place of a national flag at the Opening Ceremony and at medals ceremonies, and the Olympic Hymn was played for gold medallists.

During the " Winter Dance Party Tour ," in Clear Lake, Iowa, Holly chartered a plane to arrive at the next venue.

During the October Revolution of 1917, upon the storming of the Winter Palace, the Bolshevik Revolution actually paused for a week or so as the rioters gorged on the substantial stores of cognac and wines.

During the Winter War, the Soviet air force made extensive use of incendiaries and cluster bombs against Finnish troops and fortifications.

During Winter season, many foreign jockeys also come to India like Richard Hughes, Stéphane Pasquier, Martin Dwyer, Ladjadj Stephane Anthony Crastus.

During the Labour government's 1979 Winter of Discontent, refuse collectors went on strike.

During the American Civil War, Delhi and Monroe, the seat of Ouachita Parish, were both overcrowded with unwelcome refugees from rural areas to the east when the forces of General U. S. Grant moved into northeastern Louisiana and spent the winter of 1862-1863 at Winter Quarters south of Newellton in Tensas Parish in preparation for the siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi, not completed until July 4, 1863.

During the 2002 Olympic Winter Games, West Valley City was the official venue for men's and women's ice hockey.

During the Italian Campaign of 1943-1944, 130, 000 Free French soldiers fought on the Allied side, notably in the fighting on the Winter Line and Gustav Line.

But the suspicions between Finland and Sweden were too strong: During the Winter War Sweden's support for Finland was considerable, but short of one critical feature: Sweden neither declared war on the Soviet Union nor sent regular troops to Finland's defense.

During the Winter 2011 tour, Tom " Tom-Bone " Ralls, formerly of Weapon of Choice, filled in on trombone.

During the 1960s, she continued her stage appearances in several productions, among them Private Lives, Cactus Flower and an Austrian production of The Lion in Winter.

During the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver for example, General Motors Place was called Canada Hockey Place.

During the North German Winter Catastrophe of 1978 and in several other incidents, the Bundeswehr provided substantial aid to the population.

During the initial stages of the Winter War, the tank was used in direct fire missions against Finnish pillboxes.

During the mobilization prior to the Winter War, the 6th Division was placed in the reserve of the Commander-in-Chief Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim.

During both the Winter War and the Continuation War, the party took part in unity governments and generally strongly supported government policies.

During the brief Mexican venture Fosdick's report to the Secretary recommended a definite stand by the War Department against the saloon and the excesses of prostitution.

During the Civil War period Mr. Brown also invented the Brown & Sharpe formed tooth gear cutter, a basic invention which ultimately revolutionized the world's gear manufacturing industry by changing its basic economics.

During World War 2,, he was a lieutenant commander in the United States Navy.

During World War 2, about 7.5 million persons were enrolled in courses organized under two special programs administered by state and local school authorities: ( 1 ) Vocational Education for National Defense, and ( 2 ) War Production Training.

About a quarter of Hardy's poems carry an appended date line, usually the year of completion, but sometimes inclusive years ( `` 1908 - 1910 '' ) or two separate dates when Hardy worked on the poem ( `` 1905 and 1926 '' ) or an approximate date ( `` During the War '' ).

During the Civil War, Custer, who achieved a brilliant record, was made brigadier general at the age of 23.

During World War 2,, doctors in The Netherlands and Scandinavia noted a curious fact: despite the stresses of Nazi occupation, the death rate from coronary artery disease was slowly dropping.

During the Second Punic War in 212 BCE, the Ludi Apollinares (" Apollonian Games ") were instituted in his honor, on the instructions of a prophecy attributed to one Marcius.

During the First World War Korzybski served as an intelligence officer in the Russian Army.

During World War I, the Armenian Genocide, the Greek genocide ( especially in Pontus ), and the Assyrian Genocide almost entirely removed the ancient communities of Armenian and Assyrian populations in Anatolia, as well as a large part of its ethnic Greek population.

During the post-World War I period ski-lifts were built in Swiss and Austrian towns to accommodate winter visitors, but summer tourism continued to be important ; by the mid-20th century the popularity of downhill skiing increased greatly as it became more accessible and in the 1970s several new villages were built in France devoted almost exclusively to skiing, such a Les Menuires.

During World War I, Poirot left Belgium for Britain as a refugee.

During World War II, Turing worked for the Government Code and Cypher School ( GCCS ) at Bletchley Park, Britain's codebreaking centre.

* 1958 – During the Cold War, American Van Cliburn wins the inaugural International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow.

During the First World War, because of his family connections with both sides and the division of popular opinion, Spain remained neutral.

* 1864 – During the American Civil War, Union forces led by General William T. Sherman launch an assault on Atlanta, Georgia.

During World War II, Abadan was a major logistics center for Lend-Lease aircraft being sent to the Soviet Union by the United States.

During World War II, the ACLU defended Japanese American citizens who were forcibly relocated to internment camps.

During the Cold War, the ACLU headquarters was dominated by anti-communists, but many local affiliates defended members of the Communist Party.

During this time, his parents took part in the Spanish Civil War in supporting rather than fighting roles.

During World War II, Eleven Assyrian companies saw action in Palestine and another four served in Cyprus.

During the Second Boer War on 15 November 1899, Winston Churchill, then a war-correspondent, was travelling on board an armoured train when it was ambushed by Boer commandos.

During the Anglo-Iraqi War, some of the units located in the British Mandate of Palestine were sent to Iraq and drove Fordson armored cars.

During its design stages the name Victorie Stadion was frequently used, referring to the Dutch War of Independence, the phrase " n Alkmaar begint de victorie " ( Victory begins in Alkmaar ) in particular.