02166cam a2200289 i 4500 1857615111 TxAuBib 20250130120000.0 210804s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2021037040 9781400217083 HRD 31.99 1400217083 HRD 31.99 TxAuBib rda Shirley, Craig, author. April 1945 [BOOK] : the hinge of history / Craig Shirley, New York times bestselling author of December 1941. Nashville, Tennessee : Nelson Books, an imprint of Thomas Nelson, [2022] xvii, 508 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 415-486) and index. January 1945 -- February 1945 -- March 1945 -- April 1945. "Craig Shirley's April 1945 paints a vivid portrait of America--her people, faith, economy, government, and culture. The year of 1945 bought a series of watershed events that transformed the country into an arsenal of democracy, one that no longer armed the world by necessity but henceforth protected the world by need. At the start of 1945, America and the rest of the world were grieving millions of lives lost in the global conflict. As President Roosevelt was sworn into his fourth term, optimism over an end to the bloody war had grown--then, in April, several events collided that changed the face of the world forever: the sudden death of President Roosevelt followed by Harry S. Truman's rise to office; Adolph Hitler's suicide; and the horrific discoveries of Dachau and Auschwitz. Americans doubled down on their completion of the atomic bomb and their plans to drop them on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the destruction ultimately leading the Japanese Empire to surrender on V-J day and ending World War II for good.". 20250130. World War, 1939-1945 United States Chronology. United States History 1933-1945.