1939
Poland invaded year
1939 functions as a noun or adjective referring to the year, often invoked as a cultural touchstone.
It marks the outbreak of World War II in Europe and the release of landmark films including *Gone with the Wind* and *The Wizard of Oz*.
References to 1939 often evoke the threshold between prewar innocence and global conflict: It felt like 1939 all over again.
Nazi Germany's armed forces
- LuftwaffeGerman military aviation
- PanzerGerman armored fighting vehicle
- AlliesWWII's victorious coalition
- AxisWartime fascist alliance
Churchill · Hitler · Mussolini · Stalin · non-aggression pact · declaration of war · mobilization · invasion
Satisfying demands to prevent conflict
- ChamberlainManager of household affairs
- Munich Agreement1938 Czechoslovakia partition treaty
- fascismUltranationalist dictatorial political system
- NazismGerman fascist totalitarianism
isolationism · expansionism · totalitarianism · Sudetenland · Kristallnacht · propaganda · Versailles Treaty · collective security
Kansas girl's odyssey
- Gone with the WindCivil War era epic
- Grapes of WrathDepression-era migrant novel
- Billie Holiday"Strange Fruit" vocalist
- Glenn MillerSwing era bandleader
John Steinbeck · Judy Garland · Clark Gable · Vivien Leigh · Frank Sinatra · swing · jitterbug · Technicolor
Synthetic leg hosiery
- atomic physicsStudy of atom structure
- DDTBanned chlorinated insecticide
- television broadcastProgram sent to screens
- FM radioWireless audio transmission system
Dominant 1940s heavyweight champion
- baseballBat-and-ball team sport
- YankeesNew York baseball franchise
- Ted WilliamsGreatest hitter who lived
- boxingCombat sport using fists
heavyweight · MLB · Joe DiMaggio · Wimbledon · Kentucky Derby
Wehrmacht
Nazi Germany's armed forces
- LuftwaffeGerman military aviation
- PanzerGerman armored fighting vehicle
- AlliesWWII's victorious coalition
Axis · Churchill · Hitler · Mussolini · Stalin · non-aggression pact · declaration of war · mobilization · invasion · Danzig
appeasement
Satisfying demands to prevent conflict
- ChamberlainManager of household affairs
- Munich Agreement1938 Czechoslovakia partition treaty
- fascismUltranationalist dictatorial political system
Nazism · isolationism · expansionism · totalitarianism · Sudetenland · Kristallnacht · propaganda · Versailles Treaty · collective security · pacifism
Wizard of Oz
Kansas girl's odyssey
- Gone with the WindCivil War era epic
- Grapes of WrathDepression-era migrant novel
- Billie Holiday"Strange Fruit" vocalist
John Steinbeck · Judy Garland · Clark Gable · Vivien Leigh · Frank Sinatra · Glenn Miller · swing · jitterbug · Technicolor · Academy Awards
nylon stockings
Synthetic leg hosiery
- atomic physicsStudy of atom structure
- DDTBanned chlorinated insecticide
- television broadcastProgram sent to screens
Joe Louis
Dominant 1940s heavyweight champion
- baseballBat-and-ball team sport
- YankeesNew York baseball franchise
- Ted WilliamsGreatest hitter who lived
boxing · heavyweight · MLB · Joe DiMaggio · Wimbledon · Kentucky Derby
19391945
Final year of WWII
1946 · 1950 · postwar era · reconstruction · 1948
- September 1939WWII's opening month