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[[The Stormy Forties]] was a memorably turbulent era, forever linked in the public consciousness with [[World War II]] (1937/1939-1945), the development of the first atomic weapons and subsequent attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This also marked the start of the [[Cold War]] and the [[Arab-Israeli Conflict]]. But this era also brought many other changes on the world's political map. The Soviet Union annexed [[Useful Notes/Estonia|Estonia]], [[Useful Notes/Latvia|Latvia]], and [[Useful Notes/Lithuania|Lithuania]], while [[Useful Notes/That South East Asian Country|Burma]], [[Useful Notes/Iceland|Iceland]], [[Useful Notes/India|India]], [[Useful Notes/Indonesia|Indonesia]], [[Useful Notes/Israel|Israel]], [[Useful Notes/Lebanon|Lebanon]], [[Useful Notes/Pakistan|Pakistan]], [[Useful Notes/Syria|Syria]], and [[The Philippines]] gained independence from various European and American colonial empires. New regimes also emerged in existing countries; [[Republican Italy]], [[West Germany]], [[Red China]], and [[East Germany]] all emerged in the second half of the decade.▼
 
▲[[The Stormy Forties]] was a memorably turbulent era, forever linked in the public consciousness with [[World War II]] (1937/1939-1945), the development of the first atomic weapons and subsequent attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This also marked the start of the [[Cold War]] and the [[Arab-Israeli Conflict]]. But this era also brought many other changes on the world's political map. The Soviet Union annexed [[Useful Notes/Estonia|Estonia]], [[Useful Notes/Latvia|Latvia]], and [[Useful Notes/Lithuania|Lithuania]], while [[Useful Notes/That South East Asian Country|Burma]], [[Useful Notes/Iceland|Iceland]], [[Useful Notes/India|India]], [[Useful Notes/Indonesia|Indonesia]], [[Useful Notes/Israel|Israel]], [[Useful Notes/Lebanon|Lebanon]], [[Useful Notes/Pakistan|Pakistan]], [[Useful Notes/Syria|Syria]], and [[The Philippines]] gained independence from various European and American colonial empires. New regimes also emerged in existing countries; [[Republican Italy]], [[West Germany]], [[Red China]], and [[East Germany]] all emerged in the second half of the decade.
 
The technological innovations of the decade included the first actual computers - notably Z3 by Konrad Zuse (1941, German), the Atanasoff–Berry Computer (1942, American), the Colossus Mark 1 and Mark 2 computers (1943 and 1944, British), the Harvard Mark I (1944, American), Z4 by Konrad Zuse (1944, German), ENIAC (1946, American), the Manchester Small-Scale Experimental Machine (nicknamed "Baby") (1948, British), the EDSAC (1949, British), the Manchester Mark 1 (1949, British), and the CSIRAC (1949, Australia).
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See Also: [[The Roaring Twenties]], [[The Thirties]], [[The Fifties]], [[The Sixties]], [[The Seventies]], [[The Eighties]], [[The Nineties]], [[Turn of the Millennium]] and [[The New Tens]].
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=== {{tropelist|Popular tropes included in this period are: ===}}
* [[Cold War]]: No one knows for sure when the actual date started but 1945 was an acceptable year.
* [[Dance Sensation]]: Swing, and in later years, Latin dances like mambo and salsa.
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* [[World War Two]]: more tropes are mentioned here.
* [[You Have Waited Long Enough]] for me to return from the war.
 
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=== Works that are made in this time period: =include==
=== Anime and Manga ===▼
 
* Momotarō no Umiwashi (Momotarō's Sea Eagles). A Japanese propaganda film, released in 1943. ▼
 
▲== Anime and Manga ==
▲* Momotarō no Umiwashi (Momotarō's Sea Eagles). A Japanese propaganda film, released in 1943.
* Momotarō: Umi no Shinpei (Momotaro's Divine Sea Warriors). 1945 sequel to the above. The first Japanese feature-length animated film.
* [[Sazae-san|Sazae San]]. Comic strip. Started in April, 1946.
 
 
=== Comics ===
* [[The Golden Age of Comic Books]] was still ongoing.
* [[Tintin]]. Series started in 1929.
** [[Tintin/Recap/The Crab With the Golden Claws|The Crab With the Golden Claws]] (1941).
** [[Tintin/Recap/The Shooting Star|The Shooting Star]] (1942).
** [[Tintin/Recap/The Secret of the Unicorn|The Secret of the Unicorn]] (1943).
** [[Tintin/Recap/Red Rackham's Treasure|Red Rackham's Treasure]] (1944).
** [[Tintin/Recap/The Seven Crystal Balls|The Seven Crystal Balls]] (1948).
** [[Tintin/Recap/Prisoners of the Sun|Prisoners of the Sun]] (1949).
* [[The Flash]]/Jason "Jay" Garrick. First appeared in January, 1940.
* [[Hawkman]]
** Hawkman/Carter Hall. First appeared in January, 1940.
** Hawkwoman/Hawkgirl/Shiera Sanders. First appeared in January, 1940.
* [[Shazam|Captain Marvel/Billy Batson]]. First appeared in February, 1940.
* [[The Spectre]]. First appeared in February, 1940.
* [[Catwoman (Comic Bookcomics)|Catwoman]]. First appeared in Spring, 1940.
* [[The Joker]]. First appeared in Spring, 1940.
* [[Hourman]]/Rex Tyler. First appeared in March, 1940.
* [[Lex Luthor]]. First appeared in April, 1940.
* [[Robin (Comic Book)|Robin]]
** Robin/Richard "Dick" Grayson. First appeared in April, 1940. He would eventually become [[Nightwing]].
* [[Doctor Fate]]. First appeared in May, 1940.
* [[The Spirit]]. First appeared in June, 1940.
* [[Green Lantern]]/Alan Scott. First appeared in July, 1940.
* [[The Atom]]. First appeared in October, 1940.
* [[Disney Ducks Comic Universe]]. Some of them were introduced in comic strips by Osborne and Taliaferro. Others in comic books by [[Carl Barks]].
** Daisy Duck. Adapted to the medium in November, 1940.
** Neighbor J. Jones. First appeared in July, 1943. Redesigned and fleshed out in November, 1943.
** Grandma Duck/Elvira Coot. First appeared in September, 1943.
** Scrooge McDuck. First appeared in December, 1947.
** Gladstone Gander. First appeared in January, 1948.
* Abigail "Ma" Hunkel became the [[Red Tornado]] in November, 1940.
* [[Justice Society of America]]. Debuted in Winter, 1940.
* [[Bucky Barnes]]. First appeared in March, 1941.
* [[Captain America (comics)]]. First appeared in March, 1941.
* [[Tom Poes]]. First appeared on March 16, 1941.
* [[Red Skull]]
** Red Skull/George Maxon. First appeared in March, 1941.
** Red Skull/Johann Schmidt. First appeared in October, 1941.
** Red Skull/Albert Malik. First appeared in March, 1947.
* [[Blackhawk]]. First appeared in August, 1941.
* [[Plastic Man]]. First appeared in August, 1941.
* [[Looney Tunes (comics)|Looney Tunes]]. First adapted to the medium in October, 1941.
* [[Aquaman (Comic Book)|Aquaman]]. First appeared in November, 1941.
* [[Green Arrow]]. First appeared in November, 1941.
* [[Jimmy Olsen]]. First named appearance in November, 1941.
* [[Archie Comics]]
** Archibald "Archie" Andrews. First appeared in December, 1941.
** Elizabeth "Betty" Cooper. First appeared in December, 1941.
** Forsythe Pendleton "Jughead" Jones III. First appeared in December, 1941.
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** Hal Cooper. Father of Betty. First appeared in December, 1941.
** Alice Cooper. Mother of Betty. First appeared in December, 1941.
** Coach Kleats. First appeared in February, 1942.
** Mr. Waldo Weatherbee. First appeared in Spring, 1942.
** Veronica "Ronnie" Lodge. First appeared in April, 1942.
** Reginald "Reggie" Mantle. First appeared in Summer, 1942.
** Miss Geraldine Grundy. First appeared in August, 1942.
** Hiram Lodge. Father of Veronica. First appeared in September, 1942.
** Hermione Lodge. Mother of Veronica. First appeared in Winter, 1942.
** Dilton Doiley. First appeared in February, 1948.
** Professor Elmer Benjamin Flutesnoot. Appeared c. April, 1948.
** Marmaduke "Big Moose" Mason. First appeared in 1949.
* Sandy the Golden Boy/Sanderson Hawkins. First appeared in December, 1941. He would later assume [[The Sandman (Comic Book)/Characters|The Sandman]] identity.
* [[Seven Soldiers]]. First appeared in Winter, 1941.
* [[Wonder Woman]]. First appeared in December, 1941.
* [[Spirou and Fantasio]]
** Fantasio first appeared in September, 1943. He was elevated to co-protagonist in October, 1944.
* [[Vandal Savage]]. First appeared in Winter, 1943.
* [[EC Comics]], a publisher of many groundbreaking comics such as ''Tales From The Crypt'' and ''[[Mad]]'', debuted in 1944.
* [[Superboy]]. First appeared in January-FebruaryJanuary–February, 1945.
* [[Suske en Wiske]].
** Wiske first appeared in March, 1945.
** Suske first appeared in December, 1945.
* [[Katy Keene]]. First appeared in Summer, 1945.
* [[Black Adam]]. First appeared in December, 1945.
* [[Millie the Model]]. First appeared in Winter, 1945.
* [[Blake and Mortimer]]. First appeared in September, 1946.
* [[Lucky Luke]].First appeared in September, 1946.Set in [[The Wild West]].
* [[Buck Danny]]. First appeared in January, 1947. The early storylines were set in [[World War II]].
* [[Black Canary]]. First appeared in August, 1947.
* [[Mickey Mouse Comic Universe]]
** Eega Beeva. First appeared in September, 1947.
** Rhyming Man. First appeared in April, 1948.
** Ellsworth Bheezer. First appeared in October, 1949.
* [[Nero]]. First appeared in October, 1947.
* [[Alix]]. First appeared in September, 1948.
 
 
=== Eastern Animation ===
* Princess Iron Fan. 1941 animated feature film. The first Chinese feature-length animated film.
* The Lost Letter. 1945 Soviet cel-animated feature film.
* The Czech Year. 1947 Czechoslovak animated feature film.
* The Humpbacked Horse. 1947 Soviet animated feature film.
* The Emperor's Nightingale. 1949 Czechoslovak animated feature film.
 
 
=== Film ===
See also [[Films of the 1940s]]
* [[The Blue Bird]] (1940)
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* [[High Sierra]] (1941)
* [[How Green Was My Valley]] (1941)
* [[IllI'll Wait for You]] (1941)
* [[The Lady Eve]] (1941)
* [[The Maltese Falcon]] (1941)
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* [[The Ghost of Frankenstein]] (1942)
* [[Mrs. Miniver]] (1942)
* [[Now, Voyager]] (1942)
* [[The Palm Beach Story]] (1942)
* [[To Be or Not to Be]] (1942)
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* [[Ivan the Terrible]] (1944)
* [[Laura]] (1944)
* [[Meet Me in St. Louis]] (1944)
* [[Mr. Skeffington]] (1944)
* [[Murder My Sweet]] (1944)
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* [[The Big Sleep (film)|The Big Sleep]] (1946)
* [[The Blue Dahlia]] (1946)
* [[The Brute Man (Film)|The Brute Man]] (1946)
* [[Gilda]] (1946)
* [[It's a Wonderful Life|Its a Wonderful Life]] (1946)
* [[A Matter of Life and Death]] (1946)
* [[Notorious]] (1946)
* [[The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946 film)|The Postman Always Rings Twice 1946]]
* [[She Wolf of London (film)|She Wolf of London]] (1946)
* [[Song of the South]] (1946)
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=== Literature ===
* [[For Whom the Bell Tolls]] (1940) by [[Ernest Hemingway]].
* [[Magic, Inc.]] (1940) by [[Robert A. Heinlein]]
* [[The Power and The Glory]] (1940) by Graham Greene.
* [[Sad Cypress]] (1940) by [[Agatha Christie]].
* [[Curious George]] by Margret Rey and Hans Augusto "H.A." Rey. The series started in 1941.
* [[The Long Ships]] (1941, 1945) by Frans Gunnar Bengtsson.
* [[Nightfall]] by [[Isaac Asimov]]. The short story was published in 1941, the novel in 1990.
* [[Five Little Pigs]] (1942) by [[Agatha Christie]].
* [[The Stranger]] (1942) by [[Albert Camus]].
* [[The Fountainhead]] (1943) by [[Ayn Rand]].
* [[The Little Prince]] (1943) by [[Antoine De Saint Exupery]].
* [[The Makioka Sisters]] (1943-1948) by Tanizaki Jun'ichirou.
* [[The Wind on the Moon]] (1944) by Eric Linklater.
* [[Animal Farm]] (1945) by [[George Orwell]].
* [[Brideshead Revisited]] (1945) by [[Evelyn Waugh]].
* [[Cannery Row]] (1945) by [[John Steinbeck]].
* [[Miriam]] (1945) by Truman Capote.
* ''[[The Railway Series]]'' by Reverend Wilbert "W."Awdry started in 1945.
* [[All the King's Men|All the Kings Men]] (1946) by Robert Penn Warren.
* [[The Little White Horse]] (1946) by Elizabeth Goudge.
* [[The Pearl]] (1947) by [[John Steinbeck]].
* [[The Plague (novel)|The Plague]] (1947) by [[Albert Camus]]
* [[Under the Volcano]] (1947) by Malcolm Lowry.
* [[Cry the Beloved Country]] (1948) by Alan Paton.
* [[The Harp in The South]] (1948) by Ruth Park.
* [[I Capture the Castle]] (1948) by Dodie Smith.
* [[The Lottery]] (1948) by Shirley Jackson.
* [[The Monster (novel)|The Monster]] (1948) by Alfred Elton van Vogt.
* [[My Father's Dragon|My Fathers Dragon]] (1948) by Ruth Stiles Gannett.
* [[Space Cadet (novel)|Space Cadet]] (1948) by [[Robert A. Heinlein]]
* [[The Tunnel]] (1948) by Ernesto Sábato.
* [[Nineteen Eighty-Four]] (1949) by [[George Orwell]].
 
 
=== Live-Action TV ===
* On 25 February, 1940, an [[Useful Notes/Ice Hockey|Ice Hockey]] game is televised. The first broadcast of its kind. The game was between the New York Rangers and the Montreal Canadiens.
* On 28 February, 1940, a [[Useful Notes/Basketball|Basketball]] game is televised. The first broadcast of its kind. The game was between the teams of Fordham University and the University of Pittsburgh.
* On 10 March, 1940, a performance of the Metropolitan Opera of [[New York City]] is televised. The first of its kind. The show included excerpts from the [[Pagliacci]] and four other operas.
* A 1941 decision of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) allows [[American Television Stations]] to broadcast [[Advertising Tropes|Commercials]]. On 1 July, 1941, ten stations incorporate commercials to their programs. The first known television commercial was one for Bulova watches. Broadcast during a [[Useful Notes/Baseball|Baseball]] game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Philadelphia Phillies.
* [[Truth or Consequences]], the popular radio show, was simulcast on radio and television for a single day on 1July, 1941. To attract viewers to the station showing it. The game would not return to television until 1950.
* [[CBS Television Quiz]] debuted in 2 July, 1941. Becoming the first regularly scheduled [[Game Show]]. It was cancelled in May, 1942. In favor of war-related programming.
* By a 1942 decision of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the minimum weekly programming time required of American stations is lowered from 15-hours to 4 hours for the duration of [[World War II]]. Most stations switch to limited programming.
* The Voice of Firestone Televues, a television program featuring highlighted selections from opera and operetta, debuted in 1943. Later known as "The Voice of Firestone", it would become an early [[Long Runners|Long runner]]. Broadcast in 1943-1947, 1949-1959, and 1962-1963.
* Missus Goes a Shopping, a [[Game Show]], debuted in 1944. Broadcast by the [[CBS|Columbia Broadcasting System]], it is considered a pioneer of its genre.
* [[NBC]] broadcast hours of news coverage on 8 May, 1945. In celebration of Victory in Europe Day. The network was preparing to resume full service, following years of limited programming during [[World War II]].
* Moscow TV center resumed regular broadcasting on 15 December, 1945. It had went on hiatus during [[World War II]].
* The [[The BBC|BBC Television Service]] resumed broadcasting on 7 June, 1946. It had went on hiatus in 1939 due to the outbreak of [[World War II]].
* Regular network service by [[DuMont]] started on 15 August, 1946.
** The 1946-47 television season is generally regarded as the first full season in the United States.
* Pinwright's Progress, a British television [[Sitcom]], is considered the pioneer of its genre. Debuted in 1946.
* Boxing from St. Nicholas Arena, an American sports program, debuted in [[NBC]]. Running from 1946 to 1948. It was revived by [[DuMont]] from 1954 to 1956.
* [[Meet the Press]]. Television adaptation of the radio show. Debuted in 1947.
* [[Queen for a Day]]. First Simulcast for radio and television in 1947. Continued in this format from 1948 onwards.
* [[Break the Bank (1945 game show)|Break the Bank]]. Television adaptation of the radio show. Debuted in 1948.
* [[Candid Camera]]. Debuted in 1948.
* [[Ed Sullivan Show]]. Debuted in 1948.
* [[Winner Take All]]. Television adaptation of the radio show. Debuted in 1948.
* [[The Aldrich Family]]. Television adaptation of the radio show. Debuted in 1949.
* [[Captain Video]]. Debuted in 1949.
* [[The Lone Ranger]]. Television adaptation of the radio show. Debuted in 1949.
* [[Ripley's Believe It or Not!]]. Television adaptation of the comic strip feature. Debuted in 1949.
 
 
=== Music ===
Several of the music performers and composers of the era would enjoy long-lasting careers.
* [[The Andrews Sisters]]
* [[Louis Armstrong]]
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** [[On the Town]] (1944)
* [[Cab Calloway]]
* [[Ray Charles]].
* [[Aaron Copland]]
* [[Bing Crosby]]
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* [[Sergei Rachmaninoff]]
* [[Rodgers and Hammerstein]]
** [[Oklahoma!]]! (1943)
** [[Carousel]] (1945)
** [[South Pacific]] (1949)
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=== Professional Wrestling ===
* [[National Wrestling Alliance]]. Formed in 1948.
 
 
=== Radio ===
* ''[[The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show|The Phil Harris Alice Faye Show]]''
* ''[[The Adventures of Superman (radio)|The Adventures of Superman]]''
 
 
=== Theater ===
* ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire]]'' (1947) by Tennessee Williams.
 
 
=== Video Games ===
* The [[Cathode Ray Tube Amusement Device]] was created in 1947. It is one of the earliest known forms of video game.
 
 
=== Western Animation ===
* [[The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad]] (1949)
* [[Andy Panda]]
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* [[Barney Bear]]
* [[Casper the Friendly Ghost]]
** [[TheresThere's Good Boos Tonight]] (1948)
* [[Classic Disney Shorts]]
** [[Chip and Dale]]
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** [[Book Revue]] (1946)
** [[Bugs Bunny]]
*** [[ElmersElmer's Candid Camera]] (1940)
*** [[A Wild Hare]] (1940)
*** [[Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid]] (1942)
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** [[The Barber of Seville (animation)|The Barber of Seville]] (1944)
 
=== Works that are set in this time period are:include ===▼
 
=== Comics ===▼
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▲=== Works that are set in this time period are: ===
▲== Comics ==
* [[Howling Commandos]].
* [[Nick Fury]].
* [[Sgt Rock (Comic Book)|Sgt. Rock]].
* [[Suicide Squad]]. The original version of the Squad was founded in World War II. Depicted in origin stories and flashbacks.
* [[Unknown Soldier]].
 
 
=== Film ===
* ''[[Bedknobs and Broomsticks]]'' (1971). Set in 1940.
* ''[[Farewell My Lovely]]'' (1975). Set in 1941.
* ''[[1941|Nineteen Forty One]]'' (1979). Set in 1941.
* ''[[The Mummy Trilogy|The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor]]'' (2008). Set in 1946.
* ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit?|Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]'' (1988). Set in 1947.
 
 
=== Video Games ===
* [[LAL.A. Noire]]. Set in 1947.
* [[Mafia II]] - The first few chapters are set in 1945.
 
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