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Executive Order 9066
Franklin Roosevelt passes this executive order to establish Japanese internment camps from 1942 to 1945. People of Japanese decent were put into this camps and isolated from the population. -
Battle of the Coral Sea
Battle of the Coral Sea between the Japanese Navy and the United States Navy and Air force. First action of aircraft carries fighting each other. -
Battle of Stalingrad
German forces lose at the Battle of Stalingrad against the Soviet army. Soviets demand unconditional surrender. -
Allies Invade Italy
Allies used amphibious landing vehicles to invade ant take Italy. -
D-Day
Western allies used amphibious vehicles to assault Normandy in this legendary battle. -
FDR Dies
Franklin Delano Roosevelt dies in office, leaving the presidency to Harry Truman -
Atomic Bombing of Japan
America dropped the first atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima, and then three days later dropped another bomb on the city of Nagasaki causing Japan to unconditionally surrender. -
Philippines Liberated
The Philippines were liberated once Japanese forces were ordered to surrender after the dropping of the atomic bombs. -
Yalta Conference
Meeting of the heads of the governments of the United States, United Kingdom and Soviet Union to discuss Germany's post war reorganization. -
Germany Surrenders
German signs the unconditional surrender of all German forces -
Iron Curtain Speech
Winston Churchill delivers his Iron Curtain Speech, implying that the people living under Soviet rule in eastern Europe were oppressed and lacked basic freedoms. -
Cold War Begins
The Cold War begins between the US and the Soviet Union. -
US starts its policy of Containment
United States adopts a policy of Containment by George F. Kennan to combat the Soviet Union. -
Taft-Hartley Act
A United States act that restricted the powers of labor unions. -
Berlin Airlift Begins
United States started airlifting food, water and medicine to citizens of blockaded West Berlin. -
European Recovery Program
An American initiative to add western Europe after the end of World War II to help rebuild their broken country. -
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
NATO was created by the United States, Canada and Western European nations to have collective security against the Soviet threat. -
Soviet Atomic Bomb
The Soviets successfully test their first atomic bomb after researching the technology from seeing the successful use by the United States in WWII. -
China becomes a Communist Country
The end of the Chinese revolution that began right after WWII ended with China becoming the Peoples Republic of China, leading to the United States ending ties with China. -
Start of the Korean War
The Korean war begins when North Korea invaded South Korea. -
The Twenty-second Amendment
The Twenty-second Amendment was ratified limiting Presidents to 2 terms. -
Election of 1952
Dwight Eisenhower was elected President.