World War II lasted from 1939 to 1945.

Tanks and Aircraft were both popular tools of combat during World War II

World War II started in 1939.

In many countries, women were not allowed in combat. But there were cases of women fighting, generally because it was necessary for survival. There were women in the French Resistance. There were women fighting in the Russian Air Force.

1944 was the middle of World War II, and the country was booming. America's Great Depression is regarded as having begun in 1929 with the Stock Market crash, and ended in 1941 with America's entry into the war.