1945 In The United States
Events from the year 1945 in the United States. World War II ended during this year following the surrender of Germany in May and that of Japan in September. Incumbents Federal Government * President: Franklin D. Roosevelt ( D-New York) (until April 12), Harry S. Truman ( D-Missouri) (starting April 12) * Vice President: ** until January 20: Henry A. Wallace ( D-Iowa) ** January 20–April 12: Harry S. Truman ( D-Missouri) ** starting April 12: ''vacant'' * Chief Justice: Harlan F. Stone (New York) * Speaker of the House of Representatives: Sam Rayburn ( D-Texas) * Senate Majority Leader: Alben W. Barkley ( D-Kentucky) * Congress: 78th (until January 3), 79th (starting January 3) Events January *January – American troops cross the Siegfried Line into Belgium. * January 6 ** Naval lieutenant George H. W. Bush, future President of the United States, and future First Lady Barbara Pierce marry in Rye, New York. ** Pepe Le Pew makes his debut as the first major Lo ...
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers. World War II was a total war that directly involved more than 100 million personnel from more than 30 countries. The major participants in the war threw their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities behind the war effort, blurring the distinction between civilian and military resources. Aircraft played a major role in the conflict, enabling the strategic bombing of population centres and deploying the only two nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II was by far the deadliest conflict in human history; it resulted in 70 to 85 million fatalities, mostly among civilians. Tens of millions died due to genocides (including the Holocaust), starvation, ma ...
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