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1942
Allies invade North Africa -
Allies invade Italy
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1944
Allies invade France on D-Day -
1945
Franklin D. Roosevelt's fourth presidential term begins. -
1945
Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin meet at Yalta in the USSO to discuss the postwar occupation of Germany. -
1945
President Roosevelt dies from a stroke, Vice President Truman becomes president. -
1945
Germany surrenders. -
1945
The U.S. drops the first atomic bomb on Japan's Hiroshima -
1945
The U.S. drops the second atomic bomb on Japan's Nagaski -
1945
Japan agrees to surrender -
1945
The United Nations is established. -
1946
The Philippines become an independent republic. -
1947
Central Intelligence Agency is established. -
1947
Presidential Succession Act is signed into law by President Truman. -
1948
Soviets begin to blockade of Berlin in the first major crisis of the Cold War. -
1948
The U.S. and Great Britain begin to airlift food and fuel to West Berlin. -
1949
President Truman's second term begins -
1949
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO, is established. -
1950
Truman authorizes $15 million dollars om economic and military aid for those fighting to keep control of French Indochina, including Vietnam. Also sent 35 military advisors. -
1950
Korean war begins because of Cold War conflicts between Communist and Non-Communist forces on Korean Peninsula. North Korea invades South Korea. -
1950
President Truman sends U.S. troops to assist South Korea, without Congressional approval. -
1951
22nd Amendment is ratified to the Constitution, limiting presidents to two terms. -
1951
President Truman removes General Douglas MacArthur as head of U.S. Far East Command. -
1951
President Truman Speaks \in the first coast to coast live television broadcast. -
1952
Puerto Rico becomes a U.S. commonwealth. -
1952
The first hydrogen bomb is detonated by the U.S. -
1953
Dwight Eisenhower is inaugurated as the 34th president. -
1953
Julius and Ethel Rosenburg are executed for passing secret information about U.S. atomic weaponry to the Soviets. -
1953
The armistice agreement was signed.