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WW2
The United States (among 25 other various countries) signed a united declaration against the Axis. -
WW2
The German troops who were in Bardia surrendered. -
ABDA
The American-British-Dutch-Australian Command formed. -
National War Labor Board
The National War Labor Board was created. -
German U-boats
Some German U-boats began to harass shipping on the United States east coast. -
WW2
The Battle of Pasir Panjang contributed to the fall of Singapore. -
Germany
Germany suffered setbacks at Stalingrad and El Alamein. -
WW2
President Franklin Roosevelt ordered General Douglas MacArthur out of the Philippines. -
Helicopter
The helicopter made its 1st cross-country flight. -
Battle of Midway
American naval victory at Battle of Midway marked the turning point in Pacific War. -
Concentration Camps
Mass murder of Jewish people at Auschwitz began. -
Stalingrad
The surrender at Stalingrad marked Germany's first major defeat. -
North Africa
Allied victory in North Africa enabled invasion of Italy to be launched. -
Germany
Italy surrenders, but Germany took over the battle. -
Burma
British and Indian forces fought Japanese in Burma. -
Monte Carlo
Allies landed at Anzio and bombed a monastery at Monte Cassino -
Soviets
Soviet offensive gathered pace in Eastern Europe. -
D-Day
The Allied invasion of France. Paris is liberated in August. -
Guam
Guam liberated by the US Okinawa, and Iwo Jima bombed. -
Auschwitz
Auschwitz liberated by Soviet troops. -
Berlin
Russians reach Berlin: Hitler committed suicide and Germany surrendered on May 7th. -
Truman and Attlee
Truman becomes President of the United States on Roosevelt's death, and Attlee replaces Churchill. -
Japan
After atomic bombs are dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan surrendered on August 14th. -
United Nations
UN General Assembly met for 1st time in London. -
Iron Curtain
Winston Churchill's "Iron Curtain" speech drew attention to the division of Europe. -
Cold War
The United States State Department released the Acheson-Lilienthal Report, outlining a plan for the international control of nuclear power. -
Nuremberg
22 Nazi leaders were found guilty of war crimes at Nuremberg, -
WW2
Harry Truman issued a presidential proclamation declaring an official end to World War II. -
Hungary
Communists seized power in Hungary. -
Marshall Plan
US Secretary of State George Marshall outlined the Marshall Plan to rebuild Western Europe. -
Truman Doctrine
President Truman formulates "Truman Doctrine" of providing aid to countries whose governments are threatened with overthrow. -
Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi assassinated in India. -
Czechoslovakia
Communists seize power in Czechoslovakia. -
Marshall Plan
US Congress ratified the Marshall Plan, approving $17 billion in European aid. -
States of Israel
State of Israel was created and admitted over 200,000 European war refugees. -
Truman
President Harry Truman re-elected. -
Truman
President Harry Truman labeled his administration the "Fair Deal". -
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization treaty signed. -
Apartheid
South Africa implemented apartheid. -
Berlin
Moscow ended the blockade of West Berlin. -
People's Republic of China
Chinese Communist leaders proclaimed People's Republic of China. -
Truman
President Harry Truman publicly announced support for the development of a hydrogen bomb. -
Korean War
North Korea invaded South Korea, beginning the Korean War -
Korean War
UN troops began an assault intending to end Korean War by Christmas. -
Vietnam, Laos, & Cambodia
Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia became Independent states within the French Union. -
US, Australia, & New Zealand
US, Australia, and New Zealand signed the ANZUS mutual defense treaty. -
Atomic bomb
Joseph Stalin proclaimed the Soviet Union had the atomic bomb. -
Atomic bomb
First underground atomic explosion at Frenchman Flat in Nevada. -
Big Bang theory
Big Bang theory proposed in Physical Review by Alpher, Bethe, and Gamow. -
H-bomb
The first thermonuclear weapon to utilize the H-bomb design of Edward Teller and Stanislaw Ulam, is detonated in the Marshall Islands. -
Truman
President Harry Truman announced American development of the hydrogen bomb. -
DNA structure
Francis Crick and James Watson discovered the chemical structure of DNA-molecule . -
Polio
Dr. Jonas Salk announced a vaccine to prevent polio. -
Mount Everest
Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay are first to reach the summit of Mount Everest. -
Fidel Castro
Fidel Castro led a failed attack on the Moncada Barracks.