"Great events have happened. The World is forever changed and it is time for sober thought."
- Henry Stimson, Truman's Secratary of War, said this after the events of World War II.
World War II was one of the most contriversal events in military and political history. The events that led to it's beginning and end were historic in their own rights. From the sudden death of Franklin D. Rooseevlt to the rise of Harry Truman, many suprises were in store. The Manhattan Project was one of the biggest government secerets in United States government history. World War II was one of the most dramatic and traumatic times in world history.
The war had been going on for two years. It had started with Geramny's invasion of Poland. The U.S. had not been involved until December 7, 1941, when a group of Japanese bombers attcked a U.S. naval base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The United States was now in full out war, but not with just one part of the world but two. They were fighting against Hitler and the Axis powers in Europe and against the Japanese in the Pacific.
With the war waging on political l
Chandler, David. Chronicles of World War II. Wayne, NJ. CLB Inc., 1997.
In September of 1942 the development of the atomic bomb was located in
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