Requests Possible Extra US Assembly Votes
Asks Stalin and Churchill to support additional American votes if the United States later seeks them in the General Assembly.
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February
Revises Soviet Japan Entry Conditions
Suggests changes to Stalin's draft political conditions for Soviet entry into the Pacific war.
Approves San Francisco United Nations Conference
Agrees that the conference to draft the United Nations Charter will open in the United States on 25 April.
Declaration on Liberated Europe
Supports the Declaration on Liberated Europe, which commits the Allies to democratic political processes in liberated states.
Final Foreign Ministers Protocol Review
Reviews final protocol language on the United Nations, Iran, Yugoslavia and the Turkish Straits.
Records Final Communique Revision
Records final plenary revisions to the communiqué and conference protocol.
Signs German Reparations Protocol
Signs the protocol establishing principles and machinery for German reparations.
Signs Liberated Persons Agreement
Signs the American-Soviet agreement governing the care and repatriation of liberated prisoners and civilians.
Signs Soviet Japan Entry Agreement
Signs the secret agreement setting conditions for Soviet entry into the war against Japan.
Signs Yalta Protocol of Proceedings
Signs the conference Protocol of Proceedings for the United States.
Final Plutonium Bomb Design Meeting
A senior design meeting fixes the plutonium bomb approach around a solid core, explosive lenses, electric detonators and a modulated neutron initiator.
March
Capture of Remagen
The Allies capture the Remagen Bridge, still intact, just South of Bonn
Capture of Remagen
Commands Combat Command B of the US 9th Armored Div which captures the Remagen bridge
International Agreement
On March 11, Roosevelt responded to Churchill, writing, "I most certainly agree that we must stand firm on a correct interpretation of the Crimean decision.
Reply to Churchill on Poland
Replies that the United States should insist on a genuine implementation of the Yalta agreement concerning Poland.
Roosevelt assured Congress that I come from the Crimea with a firm
Roosevelt assured Congress that "I come from the Crimea with a firm belief that we have made a start on the road to a world of peace." However, the Western Powers soon realized that Stalin would not honour his promise of free elections for Poland.
K-25 Production Begins
K-25 begins production of enriched uranium using gaseous diffusion.
Battle of Rhineland
Patton crosses the Rhine at Oppenheim
Diplomatic Mission
Roosevelts Ambassador to the USSR Averell Harriman cabled Roosevelt that "we must come clearly to realize that the Soviet program is the establishment of totalitarianism, ending personal liberty and democracy as we know it." Two days later, Roosevelt began to admit that his view of Stalin had been excessively optimistic and that "Averell is right."
Invasion of Germany
US troops in Germany cross the River Rhine at Nierstein & Oppenheim
Invasion of Germany
The 3rd Army crosses the Rhine & establishes its 1st bridgehead
Third Army
The 3rd Army crosses the Rhine & establishes its 1st bridgehead
Final Roosevelt Letter Prepared
Signs a letter drafted by Leo Szilard seeking a presidential meeting on nuclear policy; Roosevelt dies before receiving it.
Invasion of Germany
Crosses the Rhine at Worms
April
Battle of Okinawa
Begins landing forces on the island of Okinawa, involves 550,000
Battle of Okinawa
The Japanese fortified HQ at Okinawa is discovered
Invasion of Japan
Appointed Commander of the Army forces against Japan
Optimal Implosion Compression
Kistiakowsky reports that sub-scale tests have achieved the desired symmetrical compression for the implosion system.
Death of Theodore Roosevelt
Death of Theodore Roosevelt
Ohrdruf Concentration Camp Inspection
Visits the liberated Ohrdruf concentration camp and urges extensive documentation of Nazi atrocities.
President of USA
Appointed President of the USA, 33rd President, 1st term
First Manhattan Project Briefing
Truman learns of the secret atomic-bomb development programme from Secretary of War Henry Stimson shortly after becoming president.
General
Hodges is promoted to general making him only the second man, behind Walter Krueger, to rise to full General from enlisted private
General
Hodges is promoted to general making him only the second man, behind Walter Krueger, to rise to full General from enlisted private
Siege of Berlin
Ordered to bring his forces to halt, might have reached Berlin before the Soviets
Liberation of Buchenwald
Liberates Buchenwald concentration camp
Liberation of Prague
Enters Czechoslovakia & liberates Prague
Battle of Okinawa
Orders a counterattack which fails & loses 1,000 casualties
Mobilization
The US & Soviet troops meet Leckwitz & Torgau on the River Elbe
Target Committee First Meeting
The Target Committee holds its first meeting to evaluate potential Japanese targets and the military conditions for atomic-bomb use.
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