October 2007
Billie Silvey
1940
Hitler Occupies Paris
British Evacuated from Dunkirk
British Evacuated from Dunkirk
1941
Pearl Harbor Attack Draws
U.S. into War
Penicillin Aids Survival
U.S. into War
Penicillin Aids Survival
Headlines of the 40s
1942
Automobile Production Ceases
War Spreads to Africa--El Alamein
War Spreads to Africa--El Alamein
U. S. Recaptures Pacific Islands
Food Rationing Instituted
Food Rationing Instituted
1943
1944
Allies Land at Normandy
Computers Developed
Computers Developed
1945
Roosevelt Dies
Atomic Bomb Dropped on
Hiroshima
Atomic Bomb Dropped on
Hiroshima
1946
War Crimes Prosecuted at
Nuremberg
Nuremberg
1947
Marshall Plan Rebuilds
Europe
Cold War Begins
Commercial Television
Available to the Public
House Un-American
Activities Committee Begins
Hearings
Europe
Cold War Begins
Commercial Television
Available to the Public
House Un-American
Activities Committee Begins
Hearings
1948
Ghandi Assassinated
1949
NATO Established
