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The largest invasion force in human history stormed the French beaches of Normandy in an attempt to drive the occupying German forces back out of the country.
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President Roosevelt dies in the midst of World War II and is replaced by Harry Truman who steps in as Commander in Chief
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The United States tested it's first Atomic bomb test about 200 miles outside of Los Alamos, New Mexico.
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The United States drops the first atomic bomb, little boy, on the city of Hiroshima in an attempt to make the Japanese people surrender
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After the bombing of Hiroshima, Japan still refused to surrender to the might of America causing them to drop the second bomb, Fat Man, on the city of Nagasaki.
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After the devastation of the two cities and The American Navy marching towards the islands Japan is forced to surrender and begin to rebuild.
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America, Canada, and a few other European nations form the North American Treaty Organization
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The Korean War started by Soviet Backed North Koreans launches and offensive on the South Koreans who are quickly backed by the United States in what becomes a three year proxy was between the two nations