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Nov 12, 2009 · In the White House from 1945 to 1953, Truman made the decision to use the atomic bomb against Japan in World War II, helped rebuild postwar Europe, worked to contain communism and led the...
Jan 15, 2016 · A Brief Timeline of WWII. President Truman was the Vice-President to FDR for less than 90 days before stepping into the role of President and Commander in Chief. This was April 12, 1945, a mere five months before the world war would come to an end.
Apr 3, 2014 · In his first months in office, he dropped the atomic bomb on Japan, ending World War II. His policy of communist containment started the Cold War, and he initiated U.S. involvement in the Korean...
Aug 25, 2024 · Harry S. Truman was the 33rd president of the United States (1945–53), who led his country through the final stages of World War II and through the early years of the Cold War, vigorously opposing Soviet expansionism in Europe and sending U.S. forces to turn back a communist invasion during the Korean War.
- Alfred Steinberg
- Harry S. Truman served as the 33rd president of the United States from April 12, 1945, to January 20, 1953.
- Vice President Harry S. Truman was sworn in as president of the United States on April 12, 1945, after the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt...
- Harry S. Truman authorized the development of the hydrogen bomb in 1950 to maintain an arms lead over the Soviet Union. By the end of the decade, t...
- Harry S. Truman reportedly responded, “By God, I'm going to let them [North Korea] have it!” He did not ask Congress for a declaration of war and w...
- Harry Truman’s Younger Years. Harry S. Truman was born on May 8, 1884 in Lamar, Missouri to a farmer and livestock dealer, John Truman and his mother Martha Ellen Young Truman.
- Before the Presidency. Once the war had ended, Truman attempted his hand at college. After being denied to West Point because of poor eyesight, he attended a local business school for only a semester and then also Law School for just a short time.
- Truman’s Time as Vice President. Just shy of 3 months into his 4 term, FDR suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and died. This left Truman to assume the position, one that he was not necessarily ready to fulfill.
- Truman and the Atomic Bomb. Truman made the call to drop atomic bombs on Japan using B-29 bombers on August 6 and 9, 1945. It wasn’t until August 14, 1945 that the Japanese surrendered.
The end of World War II was followed by an uneasy transition from war to a peacetime economy. The costs of the war effort had been enormous, and Truman was intent on diminishing military services as quickly as possible to curtail the government's military expenditures.
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During his first year in office, Truman approved the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and subsequently accepted the surrender of Japan, which marked the end of World War II. In the aftermath of World War II, he helped establish the United Nations and other post-war institutions.
