1940s
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The 1940's happened in the 20th century, forty years after year 1900.
| 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 |
[change] The most important events
- 1940 - Retreat at Dunkirk
- 1944 - Normandy invasion
- 1945 (August 6 and 9) - first use of the atomic bomb in warfare
- 1945 - World War II ends
- 1945 - Start of the Cold War
- 1945-1946 - Nuremberg Trials
- 1946 - baby boom begins
- 1947 - Independence for India and other colonies
- 1947-1949 - Indo-Pakistani War
- 1948-1949 - Arab-Israeli War
- 1949 - Communists take power in China
[change] Important people
[change] World Leaders
- Adolf Hitler, German politician
- Pope Pius XII, Pope in the 1930s
- George VI, British king
- Joseph Stalin, leader of the USSR
- Mahatma Gandhi, leader of India
- Hirohito, Emperor of Japan
- Mao Zedong, leader of the Communist Party of China
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt, President of the United States of America (until 1945)
- Harry S Truman, President of the USA
