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Presidency of Harry S. Truman

  • Cold WarOn the 5th of March 1946, former British prime minister Winston Churchill delivered a speech in Fulton, Missouri, that would define the opening chapter of…
  • McCarthyismOn the 21st of March 1947, President Harry S. Truman signed Executive Order 9835 into law. This document required every federal civil-service employee to…
  • Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and NagasakiIn 1945, the Pacific War between the Empire of Japan and the Allies entered its fourth year. Most Japanese military units fought fiercely, ensuring that the…
  • Truman DoctrineIn October 1944, British and Greek forces landed in Greece following the gradual withdrawal of Axis occupational forces from the country.
  • Presidency of Harry S. TrumanHarry S. Truman stood in the White House Cabinet Room on the 12th of April 1945 when Chief Justice Harlan F. Stone administered his oath of office.
  • Potsdam ConferenceThe Potsdam Conference opened on the 17th of July 1945 at Cecilienhof in Potsdam, near Berlin. Harry S. Truman had just assumed the presidency after Franklin…
  • Point Four ProgramOn the 20th of January 1949, President Harry S. Truman stood before a crowd in Washington D.C. to deliver his inaugural address.
  • Marshall PlanThe winter of 1946, 47 turned Europe into a landscape of hunger and despair. Millions of refugees huddled in temporary camps while food shortages reached…
  • Occupation of JapanOn the 2nd of September 1945, a formal surrender ceremony took place aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. General Douglas MacArthur stood before…
  • Turkish Straits crisisThe Dardanelles and Bosporus form two sequential gateways between the Black Sea and Mediterranean. These waterways served as a vital trade route for Turkey…
  • Trust Territory of the Pacific IslandsSpain first claimed the islands that would become the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. Germany established competing claims over these same islands in…