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Battle between American and Japanese forces. One of the most intense parts during the Japanese invasion of Philippines -
Large naval battle between US and Japanese Navy. Japan had launched a large scale attack on the US controlled Midway island with 3 separate fleets. US forces had intercepted this mission before hand and was able to sink all 4 Japanese carriers taking part in the operation. Battle marks turning point in the war. -
Meeting between Winston Churchill and Franklin D Roosevelt. Allies talked of invasion of sicily, when to invade Normandy, and the war in the pacific. -
US, British and Canadian forces make an amphibious landing in Normandy, France in the largest amphibious landing operation in history -
US forces recapture the island of Guam from Japanese forces -
Battle between US forces and Japanese forces starts, apart of Americas island hopping campaign. One of the most brutal battles between US and Japan in World War 2. First battle apart of US island hopping campaign that resulted in US forces taking more casualties than the Japanese. US victory. -
Franklin D. Roosevelt inaugurated as the President of the United States for his fourth term. -
Battle between US and Japanese on Okinawa starts -
FDR succumbs to a intracerebral hemorrhage -
Truman assumes the presidency the same day FDR died, and becomes the 33rd president of the United States -
Unconditionally surrender German armed forces -
US grants independence to Philippines -
US detonates first nuclear device -
US drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima -
US drops atomic bomb on Nagasaki just 3 days after Hiroshima -
Japan unconditionally surrenders to allied forces -
The Central Intelligence Agency is founded -
Harry S. Truman inaugurated as the President of the United States for his first full term. -
US plan for foreign aid to western Europe begins -
North Korea crosses the 28th parallel and invades South Korea -
Dwight D. Eisenhower inaugurated as the 34th President of the United States -
The North Korean, the South Korean, and the UN sign the Korean Armistice Agreement