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| 1944 |
| | | The World Bank and IMF are conceived at an international conference in the USA, at Bretton Woods, New Hampshire | |
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| 1946 |
| | | The takeover of the Bank of England launches an extensive programme of nationalization by the Attlee government | |
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| 1948 |
| | | Australia, aiming for a 2% population increase each year, takes steps to encourage European immigration | |
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| 1948 |
| | | The Morris Minor is launched, designed by Alec Issigonis, and becomes one of Britain's best-selling cars | |
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| 1948 |
| | | Prime minister Ben Chifley sees Australia's first mass-produced car, the Holden, roll off the production line | |
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| 1951 |
| | | Jacopo Arbenz, newly elected president of Guatemala, enrages the USA by expropriating the land of the United Fruit Company | |
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| 1951 |
| | | Six European nations agree to joint coal and steel production through the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) | |
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| 1951 |
| | | The new Iranian prime minister, Mohammed Mossadegh, passes the Oil Nationalization Act, seizing Britain's assets in the region | |
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| 1952 |
| | | French economist Jean Monnet becomes the first president of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) | |
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| 1952 |
| | | The UK car manufacturers Morris and Austin merge to become the British Motor Corporation | |
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