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D-day
Allied forces invaded France on the beach shores of Normandy -
Yalta Conference
President Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin met in Yalta in the soviet union to discuss what would happen to Germany after the war -
Potsdam Conference
President Truman, Churchill, and Stalin meet to discuss Japan. This meeting ended up failing and leading to the start of the Cold War -
Hiroshima
The United States drops a Nuclear bomb on Hiroshima -
Nagasaki
The United States drop a Nuclear bomb on Nagasaki -
United Nations established
The United Nations is established -
Marshall Plan
the US will give aid to postwar Europe -
Soviet blockade
The Soviet Union begins a blockade at the Berlin wall -
Vietnam War begins
the Vietnam War begins -
Korean War begins
The Korean War begins -
22nd Amendment
22nd Amendment ratified, only allowing a president two terms