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Germany fights the Soviet Union for Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad was the largest confrontation of World War II, in which Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia. -
Surrender at Stalingrad marks Germany's first major defeat
The Soviet Government has announced the final defeat of the German 6th Army at the port of Stalingrad, in southern Russia. -
D-Day
The Normandy landings were the landing operations, the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. -
FDR inauguration
This was the start of FDR's fourth term. The only president to be elected to four terms. -
FDR dies
FDR dies of a massive cerebral hemorrhage -
Harry S. Truman Inauguration
Vice President Harry S. Truman becomes the 33rd President of the United States -
USS Indianapolis is sunk by Japanese Submarine
the USS Indianapolis is torpedoed by a Japanese submarine and sinks within minutes in shark-infested waters. Only 317 of the 1,196 men on board survived. -
War In Europe Ends
The second World War comes to an end with Allied victory. -
War Crimes Trials held in Tokyo
This was a military trial convened to try the leaders of the Empire of Japan for joint conspiracy to start and wage war . -
Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine was an American foreign policy whose stated purpose was to counter Soviet geopolitical expansion during the Cold War. -
Roswell UFO Accident
A UFO is sited in the sky over Roswell. United States Army Air Force later says it was a weather balloon that crashed at a ranch near Roswell, New Mexico. -
Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan was an American initiative passed to aid Western Europe, in which the United States gave over $12 billion in economic assistance to help rebuild Western European economies after the end of World War II. -
Harry S. Truman Inauguration
Truman is inaugurated for a second term -
North Atlantic Treaty Organization treaty signed in Washington, D.C.
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 29 North American and European countries. -
Korean War begins when North Korea invaded South Korea
the Korean War began when some 75,000 soldiers from the North Korean People's Army poured across the 38th parallel, the boundary between the Soviet-backed Democratic People's Republic of Korea to the north and the pro-Western Republic of Korea to the south. -
Massive Chinese/North Korean assault on UN-lines
Chinese and North Korean joint assault on UN-lines. Major oppression and movement. -
Treaty of San Francisco
The Treaty of San Francisco, Peace Treaty with Japan or commonly known as the Treaty of Peace with Japan, was mostly between Japan and the Allied Powers -
Dwight D. Eisenhower Inaugurated
Ike becomes the 34th U.S. President -
The Korean War Ends
The Korean War was a war between North Korea and South Korea. The war began on 25 June 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea following a series of clashes along the border. And on this day it came to an end!
