MADE IN THE 1940s
MADE IN THE 1940s
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The 1940s were marked by many major events, including World War II, the Holocaust, atomic bombs, and the beginning of the Cold War. Some other major events that took place in the 1940s include:
- 1940: The Battle of Britain, the Blitz, and the opening of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp
- 1941: The attack on Pearl Harbor and the first appearance of Wonder Woman in All Star Comics
- 1942: The Battle of Midway and the start of the Manhattan Project
- 1943: The founding of ABC
- 1944: The first electric computer, D-Day, and the Battle of the Bulge
- 1945: The death of Anne Frank, the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the signing of the German Instrument of Surrender, and the end of World War II
- 1946: The first images of Earth from space and the end of the Nuremberg Trials
- 1947: Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier, the Truman Doctrine was established, and the State of Israel was founded
- 1948: The National Health Service was established and the Arab–Israeli War began
- 1949: Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell was published
Entertainment in the 1940s were watching movies, going to sporting events,watching TV, listening to the radio, and going to dances or party's. As a teen in the 40s every friday or saturday night you were trying to go to the movies , a party and any type of sporting event.
