WORLD WAR I
CAUSES AND COURSE OF THE WAR
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Henry Wallace
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George Wallace
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Harry S Truman
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Dwight Eisenhower
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Detailed explanation-1: -Truman was elected vice president in 1944 and assumed the presidency following the death of Roosevelt.
Detailed explanation-2: -His physical health began declining during the later war years, and less than three months into his fourth term, Roosevelt died on April 12, 1945. Vice President Harry S. Truman assumed office as president and oversaw the acceptance of surrender by the Axis powers.
Detailed explanation-3: -Alben William Barkley (/ˈbɑːrkli/; November 24, 1877 – April 30, 1956) was an American lawyer and politician from Kentucky who served as the 35th vice president of the United States from 1949 to 1953 under President Harry S. Truman. In 1905, he was elected to local offices and in 1912 as a U.S. representative.
Detailed explanation-4: -Truman was sworn in as president of the United States on April 12, 1945, after the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who died suddenly of a cerebral hemorrhage.
Detailed explanation-5: -On April 12, only weeks before Germany’s unconditional surrender on May 7, President Roosevelt died suddenly in Warm Springs, Georgia, bringing Vice President Harry S. Truman, a veteran of the United States Senate, to the presidency.