I did not know there was a joint meeting of the Soviet and American military staffs at Potsdam. I suppose it makes sense that they would confer over operations against Japan. That is one high powered military conference.
No kidding.
The 1945 general election was the first to be held in over ten years due to the war, and the Labour landslide (they won 393 seats and 47.7% of the vote) surprised even Clement Atlee.
On the first day of the new parliament, Labour members sang the socialist anthem the Red Flag. They held power until 1951, by which time the government had overseen the nationalisation of key industries and the creation of the National Health Service.
On POW/MIA day, a son remembers (his dad went missing July 27, 1945)
CINCINNATI — He remembers two men in uniform coming to the front door. They wanted to talk to his mom about his dad.
Marcus David Greer was a little guy back in 1945, just 4 years old. Known as Dave to his family in Bridgetown, he would play airman by wearing the wool overseas cap his father gave him before going off to fly B-24s in World War II.
The two men didn’t stay long. But the memory of their visit lingers.
“After they left,” Greer said, holding tightly to a snapshot of his dad, “it seemed like she cried for a week.”
Read the rest of the story here:
http://archive.marinecorpstimes.com/article/20120921/NEWS/209210313/On-POW-MIA-day-son-remembers
Navy Captain Larkin Description of the Trinity Test July 27 1945
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