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| 1940 November 25 |
| | | The de Havilland Mosquito, a multi-purpose wooden aeroplane widely used by the RAF in World War II, makes its first flight | |
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| 1941 |
| | | The US army invests in a significant new vehicle, placing an order for 16,000 jeeps | |
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| 1941 May 15 |
| | | A Gloster E.28/39 air frame becomes the first craft to fly with a Whittle jet engine | |
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| 1942 October 3 |
| | | The German V-2 rocket is successfully tested by Wernher von Braun and his team at Peenemünde | |
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| 1944 January I2 |
| | | The RAF's first jet, the Gloster Meteor, flies with a Whittle engine | |
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| 1944 July 25 |
| | | The Messerschmitt Me 262 fighter-bomber flies into combat, introducing the jet era in aerial warfare | |
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| 1945 September |
| | | Wernher von Braun and his team of scientists are taken to the USA to develop the German V-2 rocket into an intercontinental ballistic missile | |
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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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| 1949 |
| | | The world's first commercial jet airliner, the Comet, designed by de Havilland, goes into service with BOAC (British Overseas Airways Corporation) | |
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