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The Ecumenical Movement |
Europe
Second year of Second World War
Americas
Roosevelt elected for third term
Africa
Italians expelled from Somalia, Eritrea
& Abyssinia
South Asia and the Middle East
Indian Muslims demand separate state
East Asia and the Pacific
Japan begins occupaton of French Indo-China |
1940 |
Free Church Federal Council formed |
Europe
Third year of Second World War
Americas
US enters war against Germany and Japan
East Asia and the Pacific
Japan attacks US Pacific fleet at Pearl
Harbor before war is declared |
1941 |
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Europe
Fourth year of Second World War
German genocide of Jews begins
UK Beveridge Report on Welfare State
Americas
First Nuclear reactor
South Asia and the Middle East
Ghandi and Indian Congress Party leaders
arrested
East Asia and the Pacific
US halts Japanese expansion at the Battle
of Midway |
1942 |
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Europe
Fifth year of Second World War
Americas
Military coup in Argentina
South Asia and the Middle East
Tehran conference plans post-war order |
1943 |
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Europe
Sixth year of Second World War
Americas
Bretton Woods meeting to establish exchange
rate mechanisms. |
1944 |
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Europe
Seventh year of Second Word War
Yalta conference
Hitler commits suicide
Labour takes power in UK general election.
Americas
First atomic bomb tested
United Nations Established
Vargas loses power in Brazil
Africa
Nationalist agitation in Algeria suppressed
by French
East Asia and the Pacific
Atomic weapons used in Japan to force
surrender |
1945 |
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Europe
Nuremburg trials of senior Nazis
Start of Greek civil war
Americas
Peron takes power in Argentina
Philippines granted independence from
US
First electronic computer
South Asia and the Middle East
Syria becomes independent from France
Anglo-Indian negotiations on independence
East Asia and the Pacific
New Japanese constitution
Civil war in China
Creation of Philippine Republic
Beginning of Vietnamese struggle against
France |
1946 |
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Europe
Start of Cold War
Marshall Plan for economic recovery
Americas
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
(GATT)
South Asia and the Middle East
Independence and Partition for India and
Pakistan
East Asia and the Pacific
First supersonic flight (US) |
1947 |
Whitby IMC conference |
| UN declaration of Human Rights
Europe
First
production Land Rovers built
Communist takeover in Hungary & Czechoslovakia
Welfare State established in UK
Empire Windrush brings first West
Indian immigrants to UK
Americas
Foundation of Organization of American
States
Africa
National Party takes power in South Africa
South Asia and Middle East
Independence and establishment of State
of Israel
Idependence granted for Ceylon
Ghandi assassinated
Start of Indo-Pakistani dispute over Kashmir
East Asia and the Pacific
Independence granted to Burma |
1948 |
Amsterdam
Inaugural Assembly of World Council of Churches (WCC)
Foundation of Taizé(?)
Discussions between Churches of Christ
and Baptist Union (UK) |
Europe
Formation of NATO
Formation of COMECON
Africa
Apartheid legalised in South Africa
East Asia and the Pacific
Communist revolution in China
China invades Tibet
Independence for Indonesia |
1949 |
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