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16 de mar. de 2020 · 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.
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The 1940s (pronounced "nineteen-forties" and commonly abbreviated as " the '40s " or " the Forties ") was a decade that began on January 1, 1940, and ended on December 31, 1949. Most of World War II took place in the first half of the decade, which had a profound effect on most countries and people in Europe, Asia, and elsewhere.
Timeline - The 1940s. It was dominated by a war we didn't want to be in, but Pearl Harbor changed on that, a war that took American soldiers to Europe, Africa, and Asia before a President Truman ended World War II with nuclear strikes.
15 de dic. de 2022 · Hitler’s invasion of Poland in September 1939 drove Great Britain and France to declare war on Germany, marking the beginning of World War II. An estimated 45 to 80 million people were killed, and 6 million Jews were murdered in Nazi concentration camps as part of Hitler’s diabolical Holocaust.
After 1941, American life began to change in many important ways. Rural dwellers moved to the cities to work in factories. They included millions of women, ethnic minorities, and teenagers. These groups had never worked together before, so there was often tension between them.
The 1940s Government, Politics, and Law: Overview. The United States emerged as a world leader during the 1940s. President Franklin D. Roosevelt knew that World War II (1939–45) would bring an end to the British Empire and reduce British influence.
October 1 – The first section of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, the country's first long-distance controlled-access highway, is opened between Irwin and Carlisle. October 8 – The Cincinnati Reds defeat the Detroit Tigers, 4 games to 3, to win their second World Series championship in baseball.
