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| 1941 |
| | | Australian prime minister Robert Menzies is forced to resign after losing the confidence of his cabinet | |
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| 1944 November 7 |
| | | President Roosevelt, although seriously ill, is elected for a fourth term with Harry S. Truman as his vice-president | |
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| 1945 February 11 |
| | | Stalin, at Yalta, promises free elections in post-war eastern Europe | |
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| 1945 July 26 |
| | | The British electorate dismisses Winston Churchill, giving the Labour party and Clement Attlee a landslide victory | |
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| 1945 July 26 |
| | | Winston Churchill, losing the postwar general election in Britain, has to yield his seat at Potsdam in mid-conference to Clement Attlee | |
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| 1946 |
| | | The Communists become the largest party in Czechoslovakia, winning 38% of the vote in a free election | |
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| 1947 |
| | | An election campaign in Poland, marked by violence and the use of terror, brings a Communist landslide | |
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| 1947 |
| | | Muslims proclaim an independent state in west Kashmir, defying the wishes of the maharaja | |
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| 1948 |
| | | Daniel Malan becomes South Africa's prime minister after his National Party wins the general election | |
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| 1949 |
| | | The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is set up by the USA and Canada, together with Britain and other European countries, for purposes of collective security | |
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