Harry S. Truman

Standard Name: Truman, Harry S.

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12 April 1945: President Roosevelt died, and Vice-President...

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12 April 1945

President Roosevelt died, and Vice-President Harry S. Truman became President of the US.
Messenger, Charles. World War Two Chronological Atlas: When, Where, How and Why. Bloomsbury, 1989.
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Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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Keegan, John. The Second World War. Viking, 1990.
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May 1945: In what has become known as the Nuremberg...

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May 1945

In what has become known as the Nuremberg trials, leaders from the Allied countries (particularly the Big Four: Churchill , De Gaulle , Stalin , and Truman , who had succeeded to Roosevelt the...

6 August 1945: The US dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima:...

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6 August 1945

The US dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima: by early twenty-first century the best estimate of those killed on the spot stood at approaching 140,000 people, plus many thousands more with obvious, serious...

12 March 1947: With Russia exerting pressure on both Turkey...

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12 March 1947

With Russia exerting pressure on both Turkey and Greece, US President Harry S. Truman enunciated the Truman Doctrine of support for free peoples against takeover or subversion.
Johnson, Richard William. “Every Club in the Bag”. London Review of Books, 8 Aug. 2002, pp. 15-16.
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“Past Presidents: Harry S. Truman”. The White House.

25 June 1950: North Korea's attack on South Korea began...

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25 June 1950

North Korea's attack on South Korea began the Korean War.
Kinder, Hermann, and Werner Hilgemann. The Anchor Atlas of World History. Translator Menze, Ernest A., Vol.
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, Anchor, 1978.
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Steinberg, Sigfrid Henry. Historical Tables: 58 BC-AD 1985. 11th ed., Garland Publishing, 1986.
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September 1950: In the USA the Internal Security Act (also...

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September 1950

In the USA the Internal Security Act (also known as the McCarran Act or McCarran Wood Act from the chairman of the Un-American Activities Committee ) placed various legal restrictions on Communist Party membership and...

December 1950: British Prime Minister Clement Attlee flew...

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December 1950

British Prime Minister Clement Attlee flew to Washington, DC, apparently seeking to deflect US President Harry S. Truman from a possible plan to use nuclear weapons against CommunistNorth Korea.
Ascherson, Neal. “Wedgism”. London Review of Books, Vol.
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, No. 14, 23 July 2009, pp. 13-15.
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