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Franklin Roosevelt Presidency
He won four presidential elections. He was president during most of the Great Depression and created the New Deal plan in response to this terrible economic crash. -
Invasion of Germany
On this day the U.S. and Allied troops stormed the beaches of Normandy and it was the largest sea and air invasion in all of history. -
Port Chicago Disaster
A ship full of munitions ignited and exploded, killing 320 and injuring 390 others. -
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Battle of Okinawa
A major battle of the pacific war fought between the U.S. and Japan. The battle is known as a typhoon of steel, due to the massive amounts of ships and armored vehicles. -
Death of President Roosevelt
He died from a Hemorrhagic stroke. -
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Harry S. Truman Presidency
He used the Marshal Law plan to re-establish the economy in Western Europe. He also established NATO and the Truman Doctrine. -
End of WWII
The unconditional surrender of the Axis powers marked the end of the war. -
First Atomic bomb dropped
The United States sent the plane Enola Gay over the city of Hiroshima and dropped the nuke, "little Boy". It killed 80,000 people instantly. -
NATO created
An organization to created to provide collective security against the Soviet Union for U.S. Canada, and many other Western European nations. -
New two term for presidents law
Roosevelt was the first and only president to serve more than two terms. After congress was worried that this leading to a dictatorship Amendment XXII was created to limit this
