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I can only toss out things about the USA:

Sports:

Baseball was the most popular sport. Some of the most popular players were Joe DiMaggio, Ted Williams, Yogi Berra, and Warren Spahn. WWII brought many players to the ranks of the military, and put a damper on ticket sales. The shortage of players even went so far as to prompt the experiment of forming an all-female league. Once the war ended, Baseball boomed. It also integrated, first with Jackie Robinson joining the Brooklyn Dodgers, then Larry Doby joining the Cleveland Indians, both in 1947.

Fashion in the 1940s was crimped by the war shortages and a decade of economic depression. For many men, the only fashion for the first 1/2 of the decade was a military uniform. In the civilian workplace, heavy wool gave way to lighter fabric suits for men (the 3-piece began its slow decline from this period). Leisure dress was generally chino dungarees, a flannel shirt. Regardless, almost all men continued the trend of wearing fedora hats wherever they went, and loafers became more acceptable for general wearing. For the ladies, the 1940's style of dress continued the depression-era trend of simple patterned dresses, a-line skirts, and pants & cotton blouses. Both men's and women's styles of the 40's became "classic", that exhibit themselves to the present day.

Transport:

By the outbreak of the war, most people either lived in central cities, or rural towns. Long distance transport was mostly by rail, as commercial airline service was in its infancy and too expensive for most to take advantage of. Bus service was also very popular for medium distance trips...esp for the boys in the service and their "best girls". Cars had become ubiquitous even as the working and middle-classes took such a huge blow from the depression...about half of American families owned one. Gas, glass, metal, and rubber rationing during the war meant much less driving, so that "one" car wasn't used much...rail and bus was. Once the war ended, airline service expanded and became more popular, signaling the decline of passenger rail that would take a huge hit after jetliners came into service in the mid-50s. The "new affluence" of the expanding middle class put incredible amounts of autos in the new family garage...which was now increasingly suburban. Simply put...auto travel exploded. Turnpikes and improved roads nationwide siphoned money away from mass transit pretty much permanently.

Here's a "bit" of info to get you started...good luck filling in the blanks!

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