1945

In February, the “big Three” [Churchill, UK; Stalin, USSR; & F. Roosevelt, US] meet at Yalta. The “Cold War” begins. FDR is elected for a historic 4th term. Harry Truman is a reluctant compromise candidate for vice president. Truman becomes...

1943

The U.S. begins research on biological weapons at Fort Detrick, MD, in response to Japan’s full-scale germ warfare program. Donovan recruits the Catholic Church in Rome to be the center of Anglo-American spy operations in Fascist Italy. This would prove to be...