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World War II Period -
Dewey 973.917
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FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT ADMINISTRATION, 1933-1945
International
- Holocaust timeline - unrest in Europe as Hitler begins his rise to power.
- World War II in Europe - timeline (see: 940.53)
- Anne Frank House (see: 940.5318)
- Remembering Pearl Harbor Day (Hawaii)
- December 8, 1941
- Pearl Harbor speech of Pres. Roosevelt
- December 8, 1941
- U.S.S. Arizona Memorial (Hawaii)- World War II
- The U.S.S. Arizona - World War II (Hawaii)
- Admiral Chester W. Nimitz named Commander in Chief in charge of Pacific Fleet.
- Battle of Coral Sea - May 4, 1942
- Battle of Midway - June 4 - 7, 1942
- Battle of Midway, a Japanese defeat - June 4 - 7, 1942
- Guadalcanal - August 7, 1942
- Gilbert Islands (November, 1943) - landing of Marines
- Iwo Jima (February 19, 1945) - landing by Marines
- Battle of Iwo Jima - February 19, 1945
- Iwo Jima Homepage - February 19, 1945
HARRY S. TRUMAN ADMINISTRATION, 1945-1953
International
- May 8, 1945 - Germany surrenders
- Truman makes the decision to drop the atomic bomb on Nagasaki using the Enola Gay on August 9, 1945
- 1945 - Truman's involvement in the United Nations and the United Nations Charter adopted which was adopted in 1945
- March 12, 1947 - The Truman Doctrine allows for economic assistance to Greece and Turkey
- Marshall Plan (June 5, 1947) provides aid to European countries
- 1948 - Berlin Airlift - United States sends food and supplies to West Berlin after the Soviet Union tried to cut them off from them
- Post-war recognition of Israel as a free Jewish state - May 14, 1948 (5th of Iyar, 5708)[ recognition of Israel chronology]
- Creation of the Organization of American States - April 30, 1948
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights,- December, 1948.
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization established, August 24, 1949 (NATO and NATO chronology)
- Truman ordered Air Force and Navy to Korea on June 27 after North Korea invaded South Korea initiating the Korean War (week by week).
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