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    The general gains fame in World War II, then infamy when he is removed from his command in the Korean War.

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  • Compressibility: Pilot's Worst Nightmare
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    During World War II, aircraft engineers began to better understand compressibility, an aerodynamic effect that can cause pilots to lose control of their planes. Find out how the problem was tackled.

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    In a September 1940 address to the American Legion, J. Edgar Hoover, the director of the FBI, warns of the growing threat of subversive forces in the United States.

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  • Cordell Hull on Need for Strong National Defense
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    In an address delivered on October 26, 1940, U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull emphasizes the need to prepare for the threat of Nazi and Japanese aggression.

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  • Call for American Military Preparedness
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    A. Harry Moore, the governor of New Jersey, discusses the need for America to increase its military prowess in the post-World War I era.

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  • Stanley Baldwin on the Impending World War
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    Former British Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin visited New York four months prior to the outbreak of World War II to discuss the international situation. He describes the British Empire's diminishing influence as a world power.

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  • Franklin D. Roosevelt Establishes United States as Arsenal of Democracy
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  • Reaction to North Korean Surprise Attack
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    On July 10, 1950, at a meeting of the United Nations Security Council, Ambassador Warren R. Austin reports on North Korea's refusal to retreat from its armed invasion of the Republic of Korea. By the end of the session, the U.N. officially supported sending U.S. forces into Korea.

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  • Franklin Roosevelt Returns From Yalta
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    In February 1945, "Big Three" leaders, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin, met at Yalta to discuss the reorganization of post-war Europe. In an address to Congress on March 1, 1945, President Roosevelt reports the achievements of the gathering.

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  • Marshall Plan Announced
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    On June 5, 1947, Secretary of State George C. Marshall gives a speech at Harvard University initiating the postwar program to rebuild the economies of western Europe, known as the Marshall Plan.

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