1940–1950: The Arsenal of Democracy and the Dawn of the Atomic Age
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The 1940s opened with America still hoping to stay out of a distant war. Then came Pearl Harbor. In a single morning the United States was drawn into the largest conflict in human history. Sixteen million Americans served. Factories that had stood quiet through the Depression became the arsenal of democracy. Women entered the industrial workforce in unprecedented numbers. Japanese Americans were forced into inland camps. Black Americans fought a Double Victory campaign against fascism…
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