1942-1953

By abigailoleniczak88

  • Eisenhower Lead Invasion of North Africa

    Eisenhower, who was general, lead the Allied invasion of North Africa during World War II. His crucial responsibilities included organizing the logistics of the massive operation and interacting with combat generals with imposing personalities like George Patton.

  • Manhattan Engineer District

    The Manhattan Engineer District was established by the Army Corps of Engineers to design and construct the atomic bomb. Buildings for the separation of uranium isotopes, plutonium production reactors, and a weapons laboratory were constructed in Oak Ridge, Tennessee; Hanford, Washington; and Los Alamos, New Mexico.

  • Texas Oil Fields

    The Texas oil fields to Pennsylvania crude oil pipeline, known as the Big Inch, was completed. The line provided a transportation substitute for the tankers that German submarines are scuttling. In order to meet the demands of the European war fronts with fewer tankers and a shorter trip across the Atlantic, the line also supplied petroleum to the East Coast.

  • D-Day 1944

    During World War II's Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Normandy included landing operations and related airborne operations on Tuesday, June 6, 1944. It was the largest seaborne invasion in history, known by the codename Operation Neptune

  • Flood Control Act

    The Southwestern Power Administration was established by President Roosevelt through a series of Executive and Departmental orders, and Congress approved it in the Flood Control Act of 1944.

  • Atomic Energy Act Signed

    The Atomic Energy Act of 1946, which was signed by President Truman, transferred assets and duties from the Manhattan Project to the civilian Atomic Energy Commission.

  • President of Columbia University

    After leaving the military, Eisenhower accepted the position of president of Columbia University in New York, where he began writing his autobiography.

  • Death of Stalin

    At the age of 73, Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin passes away from a cerebral hemorrhage. Before Nikita Khrushchev became the undisputed leader of Russia, there was a struggle among Kremlin insiders for power for nearly two years.
     Soviet H-Bomb

  • Dwight D. Eisenhower Elected

    The 34th President of the United States, Dwight D. Eisenhower, is inaugurated. "Forces of good and evil are massed, armed, and opposed as rarely before in history," he declares in his inaugural speech.