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In the United Kingdom, the Teddy boys of the post-war period created the "first truly independent fashions for young people", [10] favouring an exaggerated version of the Edwardian-flavoured British fashion with skinny ties and narrow, tight trousers worn short enough to show off garish socks. [10] In North America, greasers had a similar ...
The American economy grew dramatically in the post-war period, expanding at a rate of 3.5% per year between 1945 and 1970. During this period of prosperity, many incomes doubled in a generation, described by economist Frank Levy as "upward mobility on a rocket ship."
A post-war or postwar period is the interval immediately following the end of a war. The term usually refers to a varying period of time after World War II , which ended in 1945. A post-war period can become an interwar period or interbellum, when a war between the same parties resumes at a later date (such as the period between World War I and ...
The aftermath of World War II saw the rise of two global superpowers, the United States (U.S.) and the Soviet Union (USSR). The aftermath of World War II was also defined by the rising threat of nuclear warfare, the creation and implementation of the United Nations as an intergovernmental organization, and the decolonization of Asia, Oceania, South America and Africa by European and East Asian ...
The period between 1945 and 1979 is sometimes called the post-war era [1] or the period of the post-war political consensus.During this period, aviation was dominated by the arrival of the Jet Age.
The post-war military cost £200 million a year, to put 1.3 million men (and a few thousand women) in uniform, keep operational combat fleets stationed in the Atlantic, the Mediterranean, and the Indian Ocean as well as Hong Kong, fund bases across the globe, as well as 120 full Royal Air Force squadrons. [15]
These photos from the Star-Telegram show long-gone rides, historic moments and fun memories from the 1960s into into 2010s. Six Flags opened in 1961 in Arlington. These photos from the Star ...
Among the British war artists (official and unofficial) who record it soon afterwards are Sgt. Eric Taylor, Leslie Cole, Doris Zinkeisen, Mervyn Peake and Mary Kessell, together with Edgar Ainsworth and photographer Bert Hardy of Picture Post. [2] William Congdon, serving as an ambulance driver, is one of the first Americans to enter the camp.