History’s greatest conflict left an indelible stamp on the automotive industry. As part of MotorTrend ’s 75th anniversary, we're looking back at some of history’s most significant cars. A complete ...

The prevailing styles of 1940s fashion? Well, that depends. Stylistically, the decade began with one look (fueled by wartime make-do-and-mend attitudes) and ended with an entirely other New Look (a ...

The Germans establish a ghetto in Lódz, Poland, and force the city's 200,000 Jews into it. Some 20,000 more Jews from other countries would be deported to Lódz in coming years. Lódz is one of more ...

The technology for television existed prior to World War II, but it was in the late 1940s that television sets became household items and talented entertainers could pave the way for the new medium.