HARRY S. TRUMAN
Succeeded Roosevelt April 12, 1945. 79th Congress: House Democrats led 242-191, Senate Democrats led 57-38
First 100 days events:
SURRENDER OF GERMANY-- (May 7)-- Twenty-five days after Roosevelt's death, Germany surrenders to Allied forces, ending the War in Europe. VE Day.
A-BOMB TEST-- (July 16)-- US secretly detonates the first atom bomb in Alamogordo, NM.
POTSDAM CONFERENCE-- (July 17-August 2)-- Truman, Churchill and Stalin meet in Potsdam, Germany, to establish terms for the demilitarization and division of Germany. They also call for Japan's unconditional surrender.
Next, Dwight D. Eisenhower. --Cooter
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