Normandy Landings Battle of France The Holocaust Attack on Pearl Harbor Battle of Britain Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Surrender of Japan World War II Israeli Declaration of Independence Nuremberg Trials Marshall Plan ENIAC
 
Above title bar: events during World War II (1939–1945):
 
After the war, the United States carried out the Marshall Plan, which aimed at rebuilding Western Europe; ENIAC, the world's first general-purpose electronic computer ....
 
The 1940s was a decade that began on January 1, 1940 and ended on December 31, 1949 .. The decade also witnessed 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.
 
Politics and wars