1940's decade By saress.cool May 1, 1940 The Olympics were cancelled website http://www.leski.com.au/catalogues/a164/images/1973.jpg Jun 14, 1941 United states freeze German and Italian assests in America http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/ww2time.htm http://www.edupics.com/march-of-german-troops-in-paris-t13046.jpg Dec 8, 1941 United States and Britain declare war on Japan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940s http://www.kilroywashere.org/05-Images/05-CastleFilms/12-Dec8-41-USDeclaresWarOnJapan.jpg Dec 8, 1941 United States enters WWII after the attack at Pear Harbor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940s http://www.norcalblogs.com/post_scripts/archives/pearl.jpg Jan 1, 1942 Declaration of the United Nations signed by 26 allied Nations http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/ww2time.htm http://democracyforum.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Declaration-of-Human-Rights.jpg Jul 25, 1943 Mussolini arrested and the Italian Fascist government falls http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/ww2time.htm http://www.war44.com/misc/images/2/Mussolini_mugshot_when_arrested_for_vagrancy.jpg Sep 3, 1944 Anne Frank and her family are transported to Auschwitz http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auschwitz_concentration_camp http://annefrankbiography.com/images/anne_frank_5.jpg Nov 5, 1944 Roosevelt re-elected as president http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940s http://www.xtimeline.com/__UserPic_Large/69365/evt101214162800463.jpg Apr 30, 1945 Hitler comitted suicide <http://en.wikipedia.org http://hitlerpictures.net/hitler-dead.jpg Jan 3, 1946 Baby Boom http://geography.about.com/od/populationgeography/a/babyboom.htm. http://itech.dickinson.edu/chemistry/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/baby-boom.jpg Apr 7, 1947 Henry Ford Dies http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0730.html. https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-YpQa9f6G8Ho/TYN2HYr8jiI/AAAAAAAAAvY/zldh9M_3rJM/s320/Henry_Ford.jpg Feb 25, 1948 Cold War <www.funfront.net/ hist/europe/coldwar.htm> http://www.whyguides.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/cold-war.jpg Jan 20, 1949 Harry Truman started 2nd Term of being President http://avalon.law.yale.edu/subject_menus/inaug.asp. http://www.visitingdc.com/images/harry-truman-picture.jpg