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| 1942 July |
| | | Anne Frank and her family go into hiding in an Amsterdam attic | |
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| 1943 |
| | | The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 is repealed in the US, but there are to be only 105 Chinese immigrants each year | |
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| 1944 September 8 |
| | | The first of many thousands of war brides arrive in Canada, mainly from Great Britain | |
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| 1945 May 1 |
| | | In the Berlin bunker, on the day after Hitler's death, Goebbels arranges for his six children to be lethally injected, and himself and his wife to be shot | |
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| 1945 May 8 |
| | | World War II ends in Europe on V-E day (Victory in Europe day) | |
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| 1945 August 15 |
| | | TheAllies celebrate V-J Day – victory over Japan and the end of the war | |
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| 1946 |
| | | US pediatrician Benjamin Spock recommends a permissive approach in his Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care | |
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| 1946 |
| | | The National Insurance Act secures state benefits in Britain for the sick, old and unemployed | |
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| 1946 |
| | | Rationing in Britain gets worse rather than better, with bread and potatoes now added to the list | |
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| 1947 |
| | | Peacetime conscription, known as national service, is introduced in Britain for all 18-year-old males | |
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