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World War II, commonly abbreviated as WWII, was a global war spanning from 1939 to 1945. It only ended in 1945 after the invention of the nuclear bomb. The two sides of the war were the Allies, primarily consisting of the United States, China, The Soviet Union, France, and the United Kingdom. The other side of the war was the Axis, primarily consisting of Germany, Italy, and Japan. The Allies won the war after the Japanese surrender in 1945.
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The Manhattan Project was a weapons development program created by the U.S during WWII. Its goal was to create the first nuclear weapons. Much of the testing and development occurred at Los Alamos Laboratory in New Mexico. This led to the first test of a nuclear device codenamed the Trinity Test on the 16th of July 1945..
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The Battle of Midway was one of the primary battles in the Pacific Theater of WWII. It was the first major American victory in the Pacific and was one of the most decisive victories in WWII. It ended with the destruction of four Japanese aircraft carriers, but only one American aircraft carrier. For an amateur reenactment of the battle go here -
The Normandy landings were the first steps the Allies took in order to retake Europe from the Axis powers. It ended in roughly 10,000 Allied casualties and over 4,000 confirmed dead. It ended with the Allies gaining a foothold in western Europe and started the liberation of France. -
Harry S. Truman was the 33rd U.S. President, he served from 1945 to 1953. He created the Truman Doctrine and NATO to battle the spread of communism. -
The dropping of nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki marked a turning point in the age of war and ushered the world into the Nuclear Age. The first bomb was dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, the second was dropped on Nagasaki on August 9. The dropping of these two bombs forced the Japanese Empire into surrender and ended WWII. -
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or NATO, was a global military alliance created after WWII under the direction of President Truman. NATO was created to stop the threat of the Soviet Union, however, since the fall of the Soviet Union, NATO has existed purely to justify exorbitant military budgets and to bomb third world countries into submission. -
The Korean War was the Korean civil war that took place between 1950 and 1953. It ended with the division of Korea, with a communist regime ruling in the north and a democratic republic governing in the south. The Korean War is often attributed to the continual tensions stirred up by the Cold War, leading to U.S. Involvement. The fighting ended with the signing of the Korean Armistice Agreement in 1953.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower was inaugurated on January 20th, 1953. He was responsible for the creation of the Interstate Highway System. He served two terms, winning by a landslide both times.