The Splendid and the Vile (Larson, 2020)
1940 · Resource
Erik Larson on Churchill, his family, and the Battle of Britain — Larson's tribute to the Blitz era.
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Around 1940
- World War II (1939)
- Indian independence and Partition (1947)
- The Holocaust (1941)
- Founding of the State of Israel (1948)
- Cold War (1947)
- Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany (1933)
- Korean War (1950)
- D-Day (Operation Overlord) (1944)
- Pop music: the 1940s (1940)
- Pop music: the 1930s (1930)