Technology Project #3 1942-1953

By reinalawson

  • President Franklin D. Roosevelt Death

    April 12,1945 President Roosevelt died of a Cerebral Hemorrhage

  • Harry S. Truman Presidency

    April 12, 1945 Harry S. Truman Takes over as president after FDR passed away.

  • Germany Surrenders

    May 7,1945 Germany surrenders

  • Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima

    August 6th, 1945 President Truman made the decision to use the atomic bomb on Hiroshima

  • Atomic Bombing of Nagasaki

    August 9, 1945 President Truman has the United States drop the second atomic bomb on Nagasaki

  • Japan Surrenders

    September 2, 1945 Japan officially surrenders to the United States

  • Cold War Starts

    Shortly after World War 2 the United States and the Soviet Union get into a political conflict starting the Cold War.

  • Berlin Airlift

    This was one of the first major ¨battles¨ of the Cold War, The Soviet Union blocks the land routes that lead into West Berlin

  • Arms Race Begins

    1949 the Soviet Union exploded a bomb thus starting the arms race with both countries building bigger bombs.

  • Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidency

    January 23,1953 Dwight D. Eisenhower is elected 34th President of the United States