The World in 1945

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The World in 1945

• April-November

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Harry S Truman

• Born in 1882 in Lamar, Missouri died in 1972
• Elected Roosevelts V.P. in 1944
• 83 days later succeeded to the Presidency on
  April 12, 1945
  
• Little preparation
• Made the decision to drop the atomic bomb on
  Japan

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Asia

• China- Civil War between Chiang Kai-sheks
  Nationalists and Mao Tse-Tungs Communists
  
• Korea- Soviet control north of the 38th parallel
  U.S. control south of the 38th parallel
  
• Vietnam- Civil War between Ho Chi Minhs Vietminh
  and the French
  
• Japan-U.S. occupation from 1945-1951