January 26th, 1945- USS Quincy torpedoed and sunk in North Atlantic en route to Malta by one of the last surviving U-Boats in the Atlantic. President Roosevelt is aboard and killed when the one of the main boilers explodes, destroying his cabin. January 27th, 1945- Vice President Truman is sworn into office as the 33rd President of the United States. January 29th, 1945- President Truman is given a top secret briefing on a joint US-British research project known as "Project Manhattan" To be continued ... * * * Look up "Operation Unthinkable" if you want to understand the name.