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atomic bomb
The First atomic bomb is developed and signed into agreement by (PM) Winston Churchill and President Franklin D. Roosevelt. -
D Day
D Day, or the invasion of Normandy, was the day that allied soldiers stormed the beaches of France during World War II. This invasion of Europe would lead to the liberation of Paris, and is still the largest seaborne invasion in history. -
Committee on Civil Rights
President Harry Truman establishes the President's Committee on Civil Rights to investigate the civil rights situation in the US and to propose ways to strengthen and protect the civil rights of American citizens. -
marshall plan
Secretary of State George Marshall proposed an aid extension to European nations for war recovery which led to Congressional approval of $12 billion over the following few years. -
Turman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine is announced to the U.S. Congress, granting $400 million in aid to Greece and Turkey to battle Communist terrorism during Cold War. -
Cold War
The cold war "begins", becoming a long period of geopolitical tension between the Soviet Union and the United States over communism issues, etc. -
NATO is formed
NATO (the North American Treaty Organization) is formed by the US, Canada, and many other Western European nations. It states that any attack against one unified nation would be considered an attack against them all. -
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The Korean War
A war between North and South Korea, that was one of many military conflicts occurring during the Cold War as the United States and its allies attempted to stop the spread of communism. It ended with the Korean Armistice Agreement, which dived the two nations by the Korean Demilitarized Zone.
