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.
21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow
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US President Harry S. Truman ordered air and naval forces to assist South Korea against an invasion by North Korea.
Churchill’s Iron Curtain speech played a significant role in changing western perceptions of their former Soviet ally.
Truman later ordered all copies to be brought to him and locked away since the content was a serious threat to US-Soviet relations.
In a program that won broad support, America committed to providing $400 million in assistance to Greece and Turkey.
‘The eventual development of this new force by other nations was to be expected. This probability has always been taken into account by us’.
President Harry S. Truman issued Executive Order 9981 that abolished racial segregation in the U.S. military.
On the 5th 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.
On the 24th September 1946, Clark Clifford and George Elsey presented a report to President Truman in which they recommended “restraining and confining” Soviet influence
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