US History II 1942-1953

  • D-Day

    D-Day

    Allies invaded France
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    Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin meet at Yalta

    This meeting in USSR was to used to discuss postwar occupation of Germany
  • Harry S. Truman Becoming President

    Harry S. Truman Becoming President

    Due to the death of President Roosevelt, Truman took the oath of office after being the vice president
  • Death of Franklin D. Roosevelt

    Death of Franklin D. Roosevelt

    Died of Cerebral hemorrhage
  • WW2 ended

    WW2 ended

    Germany Surrendered
  • Invention of the nuclear bomb

    Invention of the nuclear bomb

    creator of the nuclear bomb was Oppenheimer
  • Invention of the Microwave

    Invention of the Microwave

    created by Percy Spencer
  • Presidential Succession Act

    signed by President Truman
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    Korean War

    Cold War conflict between communist and non-communist forces on Korean Peninsula