1940s

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Millennia: 2nd millennium
Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century
Decades: 1910s 1920s 1930s - 1940s - 1950s 1960s 1970s
Years: 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944
1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
Categories: Births - Deaths - Architecture
Establishments - Disestablishments

The 1940s decade ran from 1940 to 1949.

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[edit] Events and trends

World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrination, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons such as the atomic bomb. From top going counterclockwise: Allied landing on D-Day 1944, the Nuremberg Rally 1936, the Nagasaki atom bomb 1945, the Soviet flag over the Reichstag in Berlin 1945 and the Gate of Auschwitz.
World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrination, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons such as the atomic bomb. From top going counterclockwise: Allied landing on D-Day 1944, the Nuremberg Rally 1936, the Nagasaki atom bomb 1945, the Soviet flag over the Reichstag in Berlin 1945 and the Gate of Auschwitz.

The 1940s were seen as a transition period between the radical 1930s and the conservative 1950s, which also leads the period to be divided in two halves:

The first half of the decade was dominated by World War II, the widest and most destructive armed conflict in human history. So consequential was this event and its brutal aftermath that it laid the foundation for other major world events and trends for decades to follow. This war was also the first modern civilian war.

The second half marked the beginning of the East-West conflict and the Cold War, together with major social upheaval caused by the destruction of the war, the large number of refugees, and soldiers returning home and demanding government recognition for their sacrifice, especially in colonies of European countries, many of which gained independence.

[edit] Technology

The first nuclear weapon is built and tested in 1945.

The invention of the rolling pinion prompted the technology needed to extend the supply of warfare in late 1947. However, Russian troops slowed down this effort when they attacked the United States on August 4th, 1947.

[edit] War, peace and politics

[edit] Culture

[edit] Art

[edit] Film

Casablanca was introducted in this period.

[edit] Literature

[edit] People

[edit] Sports figures

[edit] Entertainers

[edit] Musicians

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