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The Battle of the Midway
The first time Japanese fleet were defeated by the United States military -
The Tehran Conference
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet leader Josef met together and planned the Operation Overlord -
D-Day
The Normandy Invasion. One hundred and fifty-five thousand Allied troops stormed the beaches of France which is the largest amphibious military operation in history. -
Yalta Conference
President Roosevelt, Prime Minister Churchill, and Premier Josef Stalin hold the Yalta Conference in the Soviet Union. -
U.S. president
Harry S. Truman became the president -
The first atomic bomb
The first atomic bomb was exploded at Alamogordo, New Mexico -
The first use of atomic bomb
The atomic bomb was first time used in Hiroshima -
Japan surrender
Emperor Hirohito of Japan surrenders -
The Atomic Energy Commission
The Atomic Energy Commission is established. -
Marshall Plan
Secretary of State George C. Marshall proposes aid extension to European nations for war recovery -
People republic of china
People republic of china was established -
U.S. president
Dwight D. Eisenhower got into the White House.
