Meanwhile…

Letter to President Roosevelt

1939-08-02

German unconditional surrender and Victory Day

1945-05-09

Outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War

1937-07-07

Operation Barbarossa: German invasion of the Soviet Union

1941-06-22

Change in weather and Allied air support

1944-12-23

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

Discovery of streptomycin

1943

Vacuum Tube Era and the Search for Alternatives

1945

The first jet flight: the beginning of the jet age

1939-08-27

Mass production of penicillin during the Second World War

1944

The Vespa makes Europe mobile

1946-04-23

Irish riverdance evolves from folk roots to global phenomenon

from the 18th century to 1994 and beyond

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

The survival of the birds

vanaf ca. 66 miljoen jaar geleden

Death of President Roosevelt

1945-04-12

The Anthropocene and climate change

20e-21e eeuw