A survey shows 73% of Brits support a bank holiday for the 80th anniversary of WWII's end in 2025, with many concerned ...

After succeeding Franklin Roosevelt in 1945, Harry S. Truman won the presidency in his own right in 1948, defeating Republican Thomas Dewey and achieving one of the most stunning political comebacks ...

President Truman announces V-E Day. Former President Harry Truman talked about his decision to recognize the state of Israel. “At War with the Experts” w… ...

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As part of his plan to contain the spread of communism, Truman decided to give large amounts of money and aid to the capitalist countries of Western Europe. This was intended to help them to ...

Newsreel highlights of President Harry Truman’s inaugural ceremony on January 20, 1949 . The Universal Newsreel features… ...

President Harry Truman's diary is one source historians have evaluated for information about his decisions at the end of World War II. Read this excerpt written in mid-June, while the Battle of ...

President Harry Truman had a sign on his desk that read “The Buck Stops Here ... and the Battle of Okinawa — the bloodiest Pacific battle of World War II — was raging. As events unfolded, Truman would ...

On July 25, 1945, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin, and American President Harry Truman met in the German town of Potsdam to discuss the fate of Germany.