Decade - 1940s

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Following the outbreak of World_War_Iin 1914, the German_Empirearmy opened the Western Front by first invading Luxembourgand Belgium, then gaining military control of important industrial regions in France. The tide of the advance was dramatically turned with the First_Battle_of_the_Marne. Both sides then dug in along a meandering line of fortified Trench_warfare, stretching from the North_Seato the Switzerlandfrontier with France. This line remained essentially unchanged for most of the war.

Dusty-Springfield style beehives were popular, and the styles were bright as people cheered themselves up after war. I am looking for more information on this subject, please give what you can.

I think the most important event of the 1940's was world war 2. On December 7, 1941 Japan bombed Pearl Harbor Hawaii which pushed America into the war. In August of 1945 President Truman ordered the 2 atomic bombs to be dropped on Japan in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The bombs devastated Japan and forced them to end the war between the United States and Japan. After the war the "Marshall plan" was implemented for the rebuilding of Europe.

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yes there was a lot of sandals in the 1940s

Mens' and women's fashions in the US and Europe were somewhat influenced by military dress throughout the 1940's. Many more women entered the workforce in the 1940's and suits became more common for them.

Women's dresses and skirts went just below the knee, and women wore pants more often than in previous decades. Denim jeans and gingham shirts or tight sweaters were fashionable for women's casual wear.

Fashion in menswear changes more gradually than women's. Denim jeans became an item for casual wear, not just for work or children. For casual wear, gabardine shirts and jackets made from DuPont Rayon were introduced, sometimes blended with wool.

Women's dress wear included suits with padded shoulders form fitting skirts and platform open-toed shoes. Men's suit coats were often double breasted with long and wide lapels and shoulder pads. Suit pants were usually pleated with cuffs, high waistlines and somewhat baggy, with more fabric than today's fashions. Ties were short and wide, often printed with abstract geometric or floral designs. Wing-tip shoes and fedora hats were common dress wear accessories,

Bermuda shorts for men and culottes for women became more common for casual wear for adults in summer. Sandals for men and women became more common. Hawaiian shirts became more common for men, perhaps influenced by the US presence in the south Pacific.

Solid colors predominated. Charcoal, olive green, brown and navy blue for men's and women's suits. Likewise for shirts and blouses. A dress shirt for a man meant white starched cotton.

Generally speaking, people dressed better in past decades than they do now. The clothing itself was of a much better quality, and people kept their clothing longer.

A $32 J.C. Penny off-the-rack men's wool suit from 1946 would cost over $1200 in today's money. The material alone would cost over $700 and would be the finest, top-shelf Italian wool. Materials were thicker and heavier and kept their shape.

Perhaps much, perhaps not enough. I once heard a postwar quote from General Omar Bradley saying that we live in an age of nuclear giants and mental infants. We know more about killing than we do about living. Attack before they do (haha, sarcastic) But actually, we learned not to ignore threats like we ignored Hitler for almost a decade of his breaking truces and agreements. Nowadays, there's no way we'll ignore crazy dictators breaking international law, like building illegal WMD's or aiding terrorists. We also learned how to improve explosive devices like hand grenade, learned to combine the rifle and the sub-machine gun into the modern assault rifle, and learned how to improve various fields of aviation, especially fuel effeciency, range, manuverability (did i spell that right) and the use of jet engines. Most of all, we discoverd/invented atomic energy, which (thank god) we have used only for peace since 1945 (no thanks to USSR!)

Although it is a difficult and emotional subject, basically when it comes to fighting wars overseas, we (my father and all my uncles) fought them over there so we wouldn't have to fight them over here. It remains the same today.

i had research the 1940's for a project and these to sites helped me a lot.

http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decade40.html

http://eh.net/encyclopedia/article/tassava.WWII

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The clothing seemed to be rather gloomy, like there was a constant funeral, as a reflection of the war period. They didn't have fancy weddings. Soldiers would wear their uniforms and their brides wore what looked like a simple skirt suit, though white or ivory in color.

Prior to the war, glamour seemed to be out. Part of that was due to cloth rations, so there wasn't much choice of materials to use. Since there was limited wool around 1942, artificial fibers were used such as rayon and viscose. Those were derived from wood pulp.

The colors tended to be rather plain, if not solemn. Ivory and dark colors were about the only options. Clothes were designed just to be rugged and practical, since men had to fight and women had to work.

In those days, people had their clothes mended a lot since clothing was a bit hard to come by. The British government passed laws against using extra stitching, decorations, or excess buttons. So there were no gathers, pleats, or similar embellishments.

There were fur coats for ladies. They came from rabbits, and they were dyed to look like more expensive furs. Costume jewelry made up most of what jewelry was available during WWII.

Now fashion designers from London did start to influence fashion. The Incorporated Society of Fashion Designers created over 30 different new utility clothing designs in 1942. That group probably did the best in making the most of what was available during that time. Their suits for women, had shoulders that were not as broad, but were still squared. Their jackets and skirts were more formfitting and feminine than the other suits of that time period. They made women's blazers look elegant, even with only three buttons. A popular suit worn by women then was named the "siren suit", and was made from a tartan cloth.

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The majority of cars in the 1940's were rear wheel drive and carbureted. They did not have seat belts, air bags, antilock brakes. There were several odd ball front wheel drive cars and even less fuel injected gasoline powered cars, all made in Europe, and American vehicles with diesel engines had fuel injection. In the 1980's car manufactures began a large movement towards safer more fuel efficient vehicles. Cars came out with Rear Wheel Antilock braking systems, which greatly improved their stability. Primitive Supplemental Inflatable Restraint Systems became standard features on mid 80's cars. In another effort to improve safety, manufactures began building front wheel drive cars, which improve steering response, fuel efficiency, and stability. In a need to make cars emit lower emissions and be made more fuel efficient, the carburetor was replaced, first with the throttle body and then with port fuel injection. By 1989, carburetors were unavailable on any car except the 1989 Cadillac Brougham, which was the last carbureted vehicle to be produced in the United States.

the microwave oven was invented in 1945 by Percy Spencer.

The world war ended in the pacific coast of Japan after the US dropped atomic bombs first on Hiroshima, then a few days later on Nagasaki, cities of the Japanese Mainland. Japan surrendered on August 11, 1945, but the peace treaty was not sighed till September 2, 1945

They wore a skirt wrapped around their hips and waist, a strapless blouse and sandles.

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Very difficult trying to win a war alone.

Crowded, polluted atmosphere, poor healthcare until the National Health Service was introduced in 1948.

Well back then, a penny could buy you an entire meal. On what it was likely to be was a around 70 to 80 cents.