This city was selected as the site for the 1944 Olympic Games, but they never took place.
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London. With war raging across Europe, the London Olympics in 1944 became a moot issue, as were the Games of 1940. The previous Olympic games were held in Berlin in 1936 and served as a showcase for Hitler’s Nazi Germany. London was the host city of the 1948 Olympics.