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President Roosevelt signed executive order #9066. Allowed military leaders to remove all “non--American" looking soldiers. -
Franklin D. Roosevelt is president until his untimely death in 1945 due to a cerebral hemorrhage.
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As the vice president of Roosevelt, he came up to position due to his former's death. he would go on to help the nation and other nations with his Doctrine against communism.
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The United States detonated two nuclear weapons over the Japanese cities. The two bombings killed between 129,000 and 226,000 people, most of whom were civilians, and remain the only use of nuclear weapons in armed conflict.
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After six years of death and violence between many different nations, the worst war in history came to an end. -
Two bombs are dropped on Nagasaki and Hiroshima within days of each other. This was a product of the war going on in Japan. -
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The Doctrine proposed by Harry S. Truman. This report was written and approved to keep the Soviet Union from expanding further. -
Secretary of State George C. Marshall proposes aid extension to European nations for war recovery. -
The USSR began to build a blockade around Berlin to convince the U.S. to stop spreading the anti-communist movement. -
The North American Treaty Organization is formed to make a political and military alliance between the U.S. and Europe. -
The first hydrogen bomb named Mike is successfully tested in the Pacific Ocean.