Meanwhile…

Signing of the Tripartite Pact

1940-09-27

German unconditional surrender and Victory Day

1945-05-09

Operation Barbarossa: German invasion of the Soviet Union

1941-06-22

Allied invasion of Normandy

1944-06-06

Partition of India Along Religious Lines

1947-08-15

Lend-Lease Act provides support to the Allies

1941-03-11

Diverse reef fauna colonizes coral ecosystems

from around 485 million years ago to the present

Vacuum Tube Era and the Search for Alternatives

1945

An Idea Drawn in the Sand

1948

The first jet flight: the beginning of the jet age

1939-08-27

Mass production of penicillin during the Second World War

1944

Toyota launches the Toyopet: Japan's answer to the automobile

1947

Salsa, tango and jive emerge from the Americas

from the late 19th century (tango) to the 1970s (salsa)

Victory Parade on Red Square

1945-06-24

1948 London Olympics - the 'Austerity Games'

1948-07-29

The survival of the birds

vanaf ca. 66 miljoen jaar geleden

The Anthropocene and climate change

20e-21e eeuw