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Japan and USA declare war on each other in the wake of Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor.
Diplomatic relations between Japan and the United States were severed on December 8, 1941, when both nations declared war on each other in the wake of Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor. -
Germany announce war against USA
President Franklin Roosevelt sent a message to the U.S. Congress requesting that it “recognize a state of war between the United States and Germany….” Later that same day, the U.S. Congress resolved that “the state of war between the United States and Germany which has been thrust upon the United States is hereby formally declared,” and that the President was authorized to all military and government resources to bring to the war to a “successful termination.” -
President Truman visits Germany for the Potsdam Conference
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President Truman visits Canada
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Cold war
In 1949 the USA and France became formal allies through the North Atlantic treaty, which set up the NATO military alliance. Although the United States openly disapproved of French efforts to regain control of colonies in Africa and Southeast Asia, it supported the French government in fighting the Communist uprising in French Indochina. -
End of Hostilities between the United States and Germany
U.S. Congress passed a Joint Resolution declaring that the state of war that had existed between the United States and Germany since December 11, 1941, was terminated upon the enactment of the aforementioned resolution. -
Resumption of Diplomatic Relations with Japan
the United States deposited its ratification of the multilateral Japanese Peace Treaty, Japan’s Chargé d’Affaires Ryuji Takeuchipresented his credentials to Secretary of State Dean Acheson, and the United States and Japan exchanged their ratifications of the United States-Japan Security Treaty. The U.S. Embassy in Tokyo reopened on,when Ambassador Robert D. Murphy presented his credentials to the Government of Japan. -
President Nixon visits the PRC
Nixon met with Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai. Nixon established plans for a permanent U.S. trade mission in China. The U.S. first become interested in China in the 19th century. Japan attacked China in 1894-1895. As a result, Russia, France, Germany, and Great Britain wanted to protect their interests in China by carving up the country and each controlling one area.
The U.S. wanted to prevent the division and control of China by Russia, France, Germany, and Great Britain. -
UK and USA sign Bermuda 2 agreement
UK and USA signed the Bermuda II Agreement under which only four airlines, two from the United Kingdom and two from the United States, were allowed to operate flights between London Heathrow Airport and specified "gateway cities" in the United States. The Bermuda II Agreement was in effect for nearly 30 years -
American Embassy Moves from Bonn to Berlin
The United States moved its embassy in Germany from Bonn to Berlin.Upon this move, the former-Embassy Bonn became the U.S. Office Bonn, and finally closed on April 3,