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Atomic bombing in Japan
"March 1945 the bombing of Japan was intensified. Authorisation for the firebombing of Japanese cities was given by General Curtis LeMay."(Mark Clapson) -
World War II ends
"World War II The meaning of World War II is still elusive for the japanese people. Even today, the war projects conflicting self-images of Japan in the various battlefields of Asia and the Pacific" (YUKIKO KOSHIRO) -
Germany surenders
"In May 1945, Germany surrendered uncondi- tionally to the United States, the Soviet Union, and the United King- dom."(James Dobbins, John G. McGinn, Keith Crane, Seth G. Jones, Rollie Lal, Andrew Rathmell, Rachel Swanger, Anga Timilsina) -
Roosevelt dies
"...sudden death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt on April
12, 1945, shortly after his inauguration"(Herman Bateman) -
Marshal plan launched
"The Marshall Plan was publicly launched in a speech by the American Secretary of
State at Harvard University on 5 June 1947. Marshall put forward the idea of a US
programme to aid European recovery, reconstruct" (Geoffrey Robberts) -
Korean war
"THE KOREAN WAR (1950 -53) was a unique crisis in the Cold War. The joint American-Russian occupation of Korea, a former Japan- ese colony, at the end of World War II" -
22 Amendment passed
"The Twenty-second Amendment was
passed during the administration of Harry
Truman, who did not play any role in the
proposal and ratification of the amendment." (Paul Davis) -
Eisenhower becomes president
"In 1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower entered politics and scored an impressive victory in the presidential campaign." (Jacobs T.) -
Korean war ends
"the Korean War ended on 27 July 1953" (John Blaxman)