From the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt led the United States through the war. With victory in sight after the successful D-Day landings in June 1944, the ailing president died on April 12, 1945, leaving Vice President Harry Truman the task of bringing the war to an end. While Allied forces secured victory in Europe over Nazi Germany less than a month into his presidency, Truman was still faced with d…
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