1942 - 1953

President Franklin D. Roosevelt

Period: Mar 4, 1942 to Apr 12, 1945

Battle of Midway

Jun 4, 1942

President Harry S. Truman

Period: Apr 12, 1945 to Jan 20, 1953

Germany Surrenders to Allied forces

May 9, 1945

Hiroshima Atomic Bombing

Aug 9, 1945

Japan Surrenders (WW2 Ends)

Aug 15, 1945

Battle of the Bulge

Dec 16, 1945

Marshall Plan

Apr 3, 1948

Berlin Blockade

Period: Jun 24, 1948 to May 12, 1949

USSR drops its first atomic bomb

Aug 29, 1949

Korean War

Period: Jun 25, 1951 to Jul 27, 1953

President Dwight D. Eisenhower

Period: Jan 20, 1953 to Jan 20, 1961