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1948Middle East
 
State of Israel formed 
1941North America - USA
 

 
Unidentified photographer / artist, 1941, 7 December, USS Shaw (DD-373) exploding during the Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor, National Archives and Records Administration, LL/6598
Pearl Harbor 
1943Europe - Poland
 
Uprising in the Warsaw Ghetto 
1944Europe - France
 

 
Robert Capa, 1944, 6 June, D-Day, Omaha Beach, June 6, 1944, Gelatin silver print, Peter Fetterman Gallery, LL/441
Allied invasion of Normandy (D-Day) 
1945Global
 
The United Nations Charter is ratified. 
1945Asia - Japan
 

 
New York Times Staff Photographer, 1945, Gen. McArthur Signing the Surrender Document on Board the USS Missouri, Tokyo, Gelatin silver print, Fahey / Klein Gallery, LL/4881
General McArthur accepted the surrender of the Empire of Japan on board the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. 
1946Europe - Greece
 
Greek Civil War 
1947Asia - India / Pakistan
 
India gains its independence from Britain and Pakistan is created. The ethnic and religious divisions within the new countries result in mass migrations and terrible bloodshed. 
1948North America - USA
 
The Marshall Plan is passed by the U.S. Congress to rebuild a war devastated Europe. 
1949Asia - China
 
Communist People's Republic established (China) 
1950Asia - Korea
 
Korean War 
1951North America - USA
 
The nuclear spies Julius (1918-1953) and Ethel (1915-1953) Rosenberg are executed. 
1953North America - Cuba
 
The Cuban Revolution 
1954Asia - French Indochina
 
French forces are defeated at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu and this marks the end of French Indochina 
1956Middle East
 
The Suez Crisis 

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