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- Jennifer Rosenberg
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- 1940. The first year of the 1940s was filled with war-related news. In 1940 or late 1939, the Nazis began "Operation T4," the first mass killings of Germans and Austrians with disabilities, most by large-scale poison gas operations.
- 1941. By far the biggest event for Americans in 1941 was the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, a day that would indeed, as FDR said, live in infamy.
- 1942. In 1942, World War II continued to dominate the news. February 19: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an Executive Order commanding the relocation of Japanese Americans families from their homes and businesses to internment camps.
- 1943. April 13: The Germans announced that they had discovered 4,400 bodies of Polish officers in a mass grave in Russia's Katyn Forest, the first concrete evidence of the Katyn Massacre of May 1940.
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The draft age in the United States is lowered from 21 to 18. The famous and well-regarded film "Casablanca" premieres in New York City during the month of November. The Battle of Midway begins between Japan and the U.S. The U.S. Congress creates several branches of the armed forces for women to join the war effort, including the Army's Women;s Auxi...
The Pentagon building is completed. Mussolini resigns from his position of power and Italy surrenders during World War II. General Dwight D. Eisenhower takes control of the Allied forces when he is appointed as the Supreme Allied Commander. Jacques Cousteau and Emile Gagnan invent the "Aqualung." An uprising takes place in the Warsaw Jewish Ghetto ...
President Roosevelt is elected to a fourth term in the United States, becoming the only person to ever do so. His fourth term does not last long however, as he died during the next year in April of 1945. Operation Overlord (D-Day) sees 150,000 Allied troops successfully storm the beachs of Normandy in France. Paris is soon liberated as the troops m...
World War II ends as Allied and Soviet forces make their way towards Germany, liberating concentration camps along the way. The United States drops two atomic bombs on Japan, bringing an end to the Pacific side of the war. The United Nations is created after fifty nations sign the charter. Vietnam declares its independence from France under Ho Chi ...
The ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer), the first programmable electronic computer, is unveiled at the University of Pennsylvania. The Philippines becomes independent after being under U.S. rule for forty-eight years. The BBC resumes regular television broadcasting after being off the air during World War II. Department stores beg...
The transistor is invented at Bell Laboratories by William Shockley, Walter Brattain, and John Bardeen. India and Pakistan become independent from the United Kingdom. The Polaroid instant camera is demonstrated. Jackie Robinson becomes a part of the Dodgers, becoming the first African-American to play baseball for the Major League. Ferrari begins t...
1940s. Above title bar: events during World War II (1939–1945): From left to right: Troops in an LCVP landing craft approaching Omaha Beach on D-Day; Adolf Hitler visits Paris, soon after the Battle of France; The Holocaust occurs as Nazi Germany carries out a programme of systematic state-sponsored genocide, during which approximately six ...
1940 Major News Events in History. The Battle of Dunkirk was a huge military loss for the Allies However, the evacuation, or "Miracle of Dunkirk" was a success. Great Britain begins food rationing during World War II. Selective Training and Service Act signed into law as first peacetime military draft in United States history.
views 1,691,081 updated. 1940s: The Pivotal Decade. It is impossible to underestimate the importance of World War II (1939–45) in U.S. history. The country became involved in the conflict after the December 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii by Japanese aircraft.
Sep 8, 2020 · 1) 1940: Two World War II Leaders Start Their Term. An interesting 1940 fact is that two of the most important wartime leaders were appointed/elected in the same year. On the British side, Winston Churchill was appointed prime minister, the same year Nazi bombers devastated London in the Battle of Britain.
Most of the new homes built in the 1940s were located in suburbs. For middle-class white families, a suburban home with its picture window, small plot of land, and quiet location offered the good life promised by the American dream. By 1946, for the first time, most Americans lived in houses that they owned.
