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Stati Uniti 1945 (8 maggio) - 1952 (31 dicembre)   Cerca

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On May 8, Germany surrenders unconditionally. With the destruction of Polish Jewry, the U.S. becomes the major center of the Jewish diaspora. On August 6 and 9, 1945, the United States drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. President Harry S. Truman announces Japan's unconditional surrender on August 14. In the immediate postwar years, U.S. Zionist leaders play an important role in framing world Zionist policy. As a result of infiltration from eastern Europe, the Jewish population in the American zones in Germany and Austria grows from 30,000 in 1945 to 250,000 by summer 1947. In June 1948, the Wiley-Revercomb Displaced Persons' bill (amended in 1950) provides for the admission of 100,000 Jewish refugees to the U.S. by the end of 1951. Israel is established as a state at 6:00 p.m. on May 14, 1948; President Truman grants de facto recognition at 6:11 p.m., and the Soviet Union grants de jure recognition two days later. North Korea invades South Korea on June 27, 1950; U.S. assistance to South Korea begins that same month. (en-US)

Fonte

Sanders, Ronald. Shores of Refuge: A Hundred Years of Jewish Emigration. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1988. pp. 575-587

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• Stati Uniti 1945 (8 maggio) - 2002