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 Nuremb
With the advent of the 1940s came an increased prosperity as well as the higher risk of conflict with other nations. Both possibilities had effects on the law. The efforts of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, first elected in 1932, to fight the Great...
The 1940s were dominated by World War II. This was as true for the media as it was for other areas of American life. From 1941 until the majority of the troops returned home in 1946, newspapers and radio concentrated their coverage on the war. From...
After a long period of decline during the Depression, American churches experienced a revival — unique among the belligerents — following World War II. Church membership skyrocketed, and thousands of new congregations were formed. About 43...
The 1940s were a decade of profound change at all levels of American education. Primary and secondary education, for the most part under-funded, poorly organized, and inefficient, became more standardized, better organized, and properly funded. Higher...
The 1940s were one of the pivotal decades in the development of American business. During the decade the economy rebounded from depression; big business recovered its tarnished public reputation; wages and earnings reached new heights; and powerful...
As the decade opened, Americans watched uneasily as the war in Europe and the Pacific rim escalated. The Axis countries of Germany, Italy, and Japan seemed to be gaining strength, and many feared that America's allies were being overwhelmed. Yet in...
During World War II most scientific research served military imperatives as the U.S. government harnessed science and technology to win the war. The demands of wartime served to speed up scientific innovations including not only new arms but also...
Max Beckmann paints Circus Caravan. T. S. Eliot's long poem East Coker, the second part of his Four Quartets, is published. Graham Greene's novel The Power and the Glory is published. Carl Jung's Psychology and Religion is published. Arthur...
World War II (1939–45) dominated serious print media from 1939 until most of the last troops returned from Europe in 1946. American newspapers and magazines focused intently on bringing news from the front to the doorsteps of almost every...
Sources: Charles A. Beard, President Roosevelt and the Coming of the War, 1941 (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1948); Charles C. Tansill, Back Door to War: Roosevelt Foreign Policy, 1933—1941...
Radio proved its importance during World War II (1939–45) with almost immediate coverage of events. Between 1941 and 1945, Americans tuned in to listen to breaking news from Europe, hearing about major battles and the bombing of Pearl Harbor in...
One of the first antibiotics developed in the United States — actinomycin, created by Selman Waksman of Rutgers University — proves too poisonous for use in humans. The first color television broadcast in America by RCA is accomplished,...
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