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1940s

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Millennium: 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
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The 1940s decade (the forties) ran from January 1, 1940 to December 31, 1949. The Second World War took place in the first half of the decade, which had a profound effect on most countries and people in Europe, Asia and elsewhere. The consequences of the war lingered well into the second half of the decade, with a war weary Europe divided between the jostling spheres of influence of the West and the Soviet Union. To some degree internal and external tensions in the post-war era were managed by new institutions, including the United Nations, the welfare state and the Bretton Woods system. However the conditions of the post-war world encouraged decolonialisation and emergence of new states and governments, with China, India, Pakistan, Israel, Vietnam and others declaring independence, rarely without bloodshed. The decade also saw the early beginnings of new technologies (including computers, nuclear power and jet propulsion), often first developed in tandem with the war effort, and later adapted and improved upon in the post-war era.


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[edit] Significant events

Atomic bombing of Imperial Japan

[edit] World leaders

Joseph Stalin, leader of the Soviet Union during the 1940s

[edit] Military leaders

General Eisenhower speaks with troops prior to D-Day

[edit] Technical innovations

[edit] Entertainment

[edit] Entertainers

[edit] Musicians

American entertainer Henry Fonda in the 1941 film The Lady Eve
Olivia de Havilland in the 1942 film In This Our Life
American jazz and pop musician Peggy Lee in the 1943 film Stage Door Canteen

[edit] Sports

During the 1940s Sporting events were disrupted and changed by the events that engaged and shaped the entire world. During World War II in the United States Heavyweight Boxing Champion Joe Louis and numerous stars and performers from American baseball and other sports served in the armed forces until the end of the war. Among the well known baseball players who served during World War II were Joe Dimaggio, Bob Feller, Hank Greenberg, and Ted Williams. They like many others sacrificed their personal and valuable career time for the benefit and well being of the rest of society.

[edit] Boxing

World War II recruiting poster featuring Louis

[edit] Baseball

Ted Williams being sworn into the military on May 22, 1942.
See also: History of baseball in the United States and All-American Girls Professional Baseball League

[edit] Activists and religious leaders

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