1942 - 1953 By facebooker_2165144867097231 Period: Mar 4, 1933 to Apr 12, 1945 President Franklin D. Roosevelt (32nd President) 1942 Congress of Racial Equality Period: Feb 19, 1942 to Mar 20, 1946 Internment of Japanese Americans Apr 18, 1942 Doolittle Raid Period: May 4, 1942 to May 8, 1942 Battle of the Coral Sea Period: Jun 4, 1942 to Jun 7, 1942 Battle of Midway Period: Aug 7, 1942 to Feb 9, 1943 Battle of Guadalcanal Oct 21, 1942 Revenue Act Period: Jan 14, 1943 to Jan 24, 1943 Casablanca Conference Period: Jun 20, 1943 to Jun 22, 1943 Detroit Race Riot Period: Jul 9, 1943 to Aug 17, 1943 Invasion of Sicily Period: Sep 3, 1943 to Sep 17, 1943 Invasion of Italy Period: Nov 22, 1943 to Nov 26, 1943 Cairo Conference Period: Nov 28, 1943 to Dec 1, 1943 Tehran Conference Period: Jan 17, 1944 to May 18, 1944 Battle of Monte Cassino Jun 6, 1944 Normandy Landings Period: Jul 1, 1944 to Jul 22, 1944 Bretton Woods Conference Jul 22, 1944 G.I. Bill Period: Aug 21, 1944 to Oct 7, 1944 Dumbarton Oaks Conference Period: Sep 15, 1944 to Nov 27, 1944 Battle of Peleliu Period: Oct 17, 1944 to Dec 26, 1944 Battle of Leyte Period: Dec 16, 1944 to Jan 25, 1945 Battle of the Bulge Period: Feb 4, 1945 to Feb 11, 1945 Yalta Conference Period: Feb 19, 1945 to Mar 26, 1945 Battle of Iwo Jima Period: Apr 1, 1945 to Jun 22, 1945 Battle of Okinawa Apr 12, 1945 President Roosevelt Dies Period: Apr 12, 1945 to Jan 20, 1953 President Harry S. Truman (33rd President) Period: Apr 25, 1945 to Jun 26, 1945 United Nations Conference on International Organization May 7, 1945 Germany Surrenders Jun 26, 1945 United Nations Charter Signed Period: Jul 17, 1945 to Aug 2, 1945 Potsdam Conference Aug 6, 1945 Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima Aug 9, 1945 Atomic Bomb on Nagasaki Oct 8, 1945 United Nations Charter Entered into Force Feb 20, 1946 Employment Act Aug 1, 1946 Atomic Energy Act Feb 21, 1947 Polaroid Camera Jul 8, 1947 Presidential Succession Act Jul 26, 1947 National Security Act Apr 2, 1948 Marshall Plan Apr 4, 1949 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Aug 29, 1949 Soviet Atomic Bomb Test Period: Jun 25, 1950 to Jul 27, 1953 Korean War Nov 1, 1950 Failed Assassination of President Truman Feb 27, 1951 22nd Amendment