During World War II, British statistician R.D. Clarke demonstrated that V-1 and V-2... Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Audio Roosevelt, Franklin D. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, requesting a declaration of war from Congress... ...
NARRATOR: Dwight D. Eisenhower—the 34th president of the United States—was a respected World War II military leader who had no political experience before taking office. In his two terms, however, he proved to be a popular president, guiding the nation through a time of growth and prosperit...
After World War II, Eisenhower went on to serve two terms as President of the United States. MacArthur rendered outstanding service as military governor of postwar Japan but then fell victim to his own ego and defiance of President Harry S. Truman during the Korean War and was removed from c...
Will the President Abolish Democracy? - Rise of Hitler 03, March 1930: Directed by Astrid Deinhard-Olsson. With Tom Aldis, Indy Neidell, Spartacus Olsson.
World War II Ends (1945) At thePotsdam Conferenceof July-August 1945, U.S. PresidentHarry S. Truman(who had taken office after Roosevelt’s death in April), Churchill and Stalin discussed the ongoing war with Japan as well as the peace settlement with Germany. Post-war Germany would be ...
More than 35 million Chinese soldiers and civilians were killed and wounded during the war. President Roosevelt's words were inscribed on an exhibition board and describe the significance of Chinese efforts during the war: "If there were no Chinese, if China had been destroyed, you think about...
President Roosevelt was concerned that Stalin might make a separate peace with Hitler and the Red Army was such an important part of the of the war effort, he decided that Stalin had to be treated with kid gloves. Countries The diplomatic history of World War II has to be divided between...
Though the United States President, Thomas Woodrow Wilson pushed for the formation of the league of nations after the First World War, the United States Congress had vetoed the country's decision to join it. The US Congress preferred the country to be an Isolationist and not involve itself in...
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Wishing to present a unified front, Churchill first met Roosevelt in Cairo, Egypt, on Nov. 22. While there, the two leaders discussed war plans for the Far East with Chiang Kai-shek. At the time, Kai-shek was the Chinese director of the State Council, the equivalent to President of his...