1942-1953

By Bethanyscott

  • Battle of Stalingrad

    Brutal military campaign between Russian forces and Nazi Germany and the Axis powers during World War II.

  • Kidney dialysis machine

    The first artificial kidney machine was developed by Willem Kolff.

  • D-day

    Allied forces by mobile operations and conquered France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, bringing land operations on the Western Front to an end until 6 June 1944.

  • Franklin D. Roosevelt Dies

    Roosevelt dies of hemorrhagic stroke

  • Harry S. Truman

    Harry S. Truman takes over office.

  • Pearl Harbor

    Japans surprise attack on Pearl Harbor ended in the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945.

  • End of WWII

    Japanese formally signs the instrument of surrender on board the USS Missouri, marking the official ending of World War II.

  • Cold War

    Began when the Soviet-backed North Korean People's Army invaded its pro-Western neighbor to the south.

  • Twenty-second Amendment

    Limits the President to two terms FDR was the only president to serve more than two terms.

  • Dwight Eisenhower elected President

    United States presidential election was the 42nd quadrennial presidential election