Timeline: 1942 - 1953 | Timetoast

Period: Mar 4, 1942 to Apr 12, 1945

President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Jun 4, 1942

Battle of Midway
Period: Apr 12, 1945 to Jan 20, 1953

President Harry S. Truman
May 9, 1945

Germany Surrenders to Allied forces
Aug 9, 1945

Hiroshima Atomic Bombing
Aug 15, 1945

Japan Surrenders (WW2 Ends)
Dec 16, 1945

Battle of the Bulge
Apr 3, 1948

Marshall Plan
Period: Jun 24, 1948 to May 12, 1949

Berlin Blockade
Aug 29, 1949

USSR drops its first atomic bomb
Period: Jun 25, 1951 to Jul 27, 1953

Korean War
Period: Jan 20, 1953 to Jan 20, 1961

President Dwight D. Eisenhower