2025年2月27日 · Harry S. Truman was the 33rd president of the United States (1945–53), who led his country through the final stages of World War II and through the early years of the Cold War, vigorously opposing Soviet expansionism in Europe and sending U.S. forces to turn back a communist invasion during the Korean War.

2025年2月12日 · Truman Doctrine, pronouncement by U.S. President Harry S. Truman on March 12, 1947, declaring immediate economic and military aid to the governments of Greece, threatened by communist insurrection, and Turkey, under pressure from Soviet expansion in the Mediterranean area.

Harry S. Truman, (born May 8, 1884, Lamar, Mo., U.S.—died Dec. 26, 1972, Kansas City, Mo.), 33rd president of the U.S. (1945–53). He worked at various jobs before serving with distinction in World War I.

After President Franklin D. Roosevelt died in 1945, Vice President Harry S. Truman became the 33rd president of the United States. Truman led the country through the end of World War II. After the war he worked to stop the spread of Communism. Truman was born in …

NARRATOR: Harry S. Truman became the 33rd president of the United States upon the death of Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1945. Truman led the country through the final stages of World War II and the tense early years of the Cold War. Born in rural Missouri, Truman left his family's farm to lead an artillery unit in France during World War I.

2025年2月27日 · Harry S. Truman - 33rd President, WWII, Cold War: Roosevelt died suddenly of a cerebral hemorrhage on April 12, 1945, leaving Truman and the public in shock. Truman told reporters the day after taking the oath of office that he felt as if “the moon, the stars, and all the planets had fallen” on him and asked them to pray for him.

2025年2月21日 · Harry S. Truman - Korean War, 33rd US President, Cold War: In June 1950 military forces of communist North Korea suddenly plunged southward across the 38th parallel boundary in an attempt to seize noncommunist South Korea.

2025年1月13日 · What was Harry S. Truman's reaction to communist North Korea's attempt to seize noncommunist South Korea in 1950? Why did the Korean War start? How was the United States involved in the Korean War?

The 33rd U.S. president, Harry S. Truman led his country through the final stages of World War II and through the early years of the Cold War. He is shown here in 1945, the year of his succession to the presidency, at the age of 60.

U.S. Pres. Harry S. Truman addressing the country on the day the U.S. military dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, August 6, 1945. Articles