Tag: Truman

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23rd September 1949: President Truman announces the USSR’s first nuclear test

• 23rd September 2023
• Tagged as: America, Atomic Bomb, Cold War, Manhattan Project, Nuclear, Science, Technology, Truman, United States, USA, USSR

‘The eventual development of this new force by other nations was to be expected. This probability has always been taken into account by us’.

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16th July 1945: USA detonates the first nuclear bomb under the codename ‘Trinity’

• 16th July 2023
• Tagged as: America, Atomic, Nucl, Nuclear, Second World War, Truman, United States, USA

The explosion was equivalent to about 20 kilotons of TNT, and the blast-wave was felt by civilians up to 160 miles away.

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12th April 1945: Harry S. Truman becomes the 33rd President of the United States when his predecessor, Franklin D. Roosevelt, dies while having his portrait painted

• 12th April 2023
• Tagged as: America, President, Roosevelt, Second World War, Truman, United States, USA

Truman faced an enormous challenge simply by being the person to follow Roosevelt as President, let alone the ongoing struggles of the Second World War.

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27th June 1950: President Truman sends US navy and air force to Korea

• 27th June 2022
• Tagged as: Cold War, Communism, Communist, Containment, Korea, Korean War, North Korea, Truman, United Nations, USA

US President Harry S. Truman ordered air and naval forces to assist South Korea against an invasion by North Korea.

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5th March 1946: Winston Churchill describes the post-war division of Europe as an ‘Iron Curtain’ in his ‘Sinews of Peace’ address in Fulton, Missouri

• 5th March 2022
• Tagged as: America, Britain, Churchill, Cold War, Iron Curtain, Russia, Truman, United States, USA, USSR

Churchill’s Iron Curtain speech played a significant role in changing western perceptions of their former Soviet ally.

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24th September 1946: ‘Containment’ first suggested to President Truman in a report by Clark Clifford and George Elsey

• 24th September 2021
• Tagged as: Cold War, Containment, Truman, Truman Doctrine, USA, USSR

Truman later ordered all copies to be brought to him and locked away since the content was a serious threat to US-Soviet relations.

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12th March 1947: Truman Doctrine established when the President asks for aid to Greece and Turkey

• 12th March 2021
• Tagged as: Aid, Britain, Civil War, Cold War, Communism, Greece, Truman, Truman Doctrine, Turkey, USA, USSR

In a program that won broad support, America committed to providing $400 million in assistance to Greece and Turkey.

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26th July 1948: Truman abolished racial segregation in the US military with Executive Order 9981

• 26th July 2020
• Tagged as: Army, Civil Rights, Military, Racism, Second World War, Truman, United States, USA

President Harry S. Truman issued Executive Order 9981 that abolished racial segregation in the U.S. military.

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5th March 1946: Churchill makes his ‘Iron Curtain’ speech

• 5th March 2020
• Tagged as: America, Britain, Churchill, Cold War, Communism, Truman, USA, USSR

On the 5^th March 1946, Winston Churchill described the post-war division of Europe as an “iron curtain” in his “Sinews of Peace” address at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri.

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24th September 1946: ‘Containment’ first suggested in a US report

• 24th September 2019
• Tagged as: Capitalism, Cold War, Communism, Moscow, Truman, USA, USSR

On the 24^th September 1946, Clark Clifford and George Elsey presented a report to President Truman in which they recommended “restraining and confining” Soviet influence