this war left many countries devastated
and influenced generations of life
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
take a look at the aftermath of world
war ii the atomic bombing of Japan
brutally forced that country’s surrender
and brought the Second World War to an
end however the end of battle left much
of Europe in ruins both physically and
economically plus tensions remain
between the axis and allied countries
for years due to divergent belief
systems in terms of lives lost the
Second World War was the deadliest war
in history between 50 and 70 million
people were killed and a large portion
of these were civilians the Holocaust
son estimated six million European Jews
perish at the hands of the Nazis and
this comprised over one-third of the
world’s Jewish population at the time
many other marginalized groups were also
targeted by the Nazis including poles
homosexuals and disabled people’s many
of those who did survive were left
without homes also new borders were
drawn throughout Europe and Asia that
created a new geopolitical landscape
Europe’s overall weakness led to
decolonization and countries like India
and Pakistan gained independence from
the British Empire world power shifted
from Europe at this point as well to the
United States and the Soviet Union in
fact the aftermath of war greatly
affected the Soviet Union it is
approximated that over 25 million
Soviets died in the battle and only half
of these were military deaths it
eventually took 30 years for the
population to return to pre-war numbers
tensions between the Soviets and the
Western Allies surface despite the fact
they had fought together even before
fighting ended the suggestion was made
that war between the United States and
the Soviet Union was unavoidable and the
capitalist and communist systems could
not coexist this led to the symbolic
iron curtain between Eastern and Western
Europe in 1946 the cold war between
communist Soviet forces and the Western
world began and was only resolved in
1989 meanwhile Germany was forced to pay
reparations and
to cede territorial gains the country
had made during the war the Germans were
also left to rebuild their nation
without aid things were similarly bleak
in Japan though the Japanese were also
struggling with the consequences of the
nuclear bombings remaining Nazi leaders
were prosecuted by the International
Military Tribunal or IMT a few months
after fighting ceased in the Nuremberg
trials prior to this the act of waging
war had not been punishable by law
however the brutality and extremity of
the Nazis actions convinced the Allies
to indict those responsible the trials
lasted from November 20th 1945 to
October 1st 1946 and resulted in death
sentences for many of the Nazi elite
despite criticism of these trials the
IMT itself helped lead to the
establishment of the International
Criminal Court one relatively positive
outcome of the Second World War was the
establishment of the United Nations on
October 24th 1945 in order to maintain
peace enforce international laws and
protect human rights in addition a
number of laws were established in the
years after World War two there were
direct results of the Nazi threat
including rulings against genocide and
in favor of human rights in terms of the
work force the presence of women was
another effect directly attributed to
World War two public attitudes also
changed especially towards overt racism
though it did not completely disappear
tolerance slowly became more widespread
due to these many consequences World War
two proved to be the most transformative
war in history
and influenced generations of life
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
take a look at the aftermath of world
war ii the atomic bombing of Japan
brutally forced that country’s surrender
and brought the Second World War to an
end however the end of battle left much
of Europe in ruins both physically and
economically plus tensions remain
between the axis and allied countries
for years due to divergent belief
systems in terms of lives lost the
Second World War was the deadliest war
in history between 50 and 70 million
people were killed and a large portion
of these were civilians the Holocaust
son estimated six million European Jews
perish at the hands of the Nazis and
this comprised over one-third of the
world’s Jewish population at the time
many other marginalized groups were also
targeted by the Nazis including poles
homosexuals and disabled people’s many
of those who did survive were left
without homes also new borders were
drawn throughout Europe and Asia that
created a new geopolitical landscape
Europe’s overall weakness led to
decolonization and countries like India
and Pakistan gained independence from
the British Empire world power shifted
from Europe at this point as well to the
United States and the Soviet Union in
fact the aftermath of war greatly
affected the Soviet Union it is
approximated that over 25 million
Soviets died in the battle and only half
of these were military deaths it
eventually took 30 years for the
population to return to pre-war numbers
tensions between the Soviets and the
Western Allies surface despite the fact
they had fought together even before
fighting ended the suggestion was made
that war between the United States and
the Soviet Union was unavoidable and the
capitalist and communist systems could
not coexist this led to the symbolic
iron curtain between Eastern and Western
Europe in 1946 the cold war between
communist Soviet forces and the Western
world began and was only resolved in
1989 meanwhile Germany was forced to pay
reparations and
to cede territorial gains the country
had made during the war the Germans were
also left to rebuild their nation
without aid things were similarly bleak
in Japan though the Japanese were also
struggling with the consequences of the
nuclear bombings remaining Nazi leaders
were prosecuted by the International
Military Tribunal or IMT a few months
after fighting ceased in the Nuremberg
trials prior to this the act of waging
war had not been punishable by law
however the brutality and extremity of
the Nazis actions convinced the Allies
to indict those responsible the trials
lasted from November 20th 1945 to
October 1st 1946 and resulted in death
sentences for many of the Nazi elite
despite criticism of these trials the
IMT itself helped lead to the
establishment of the International
Criminal Court one relatively positive
outcome of the Second World War was the
establishment of the United Nations on
October 24th 1945 in order to maintain
peace enforce international laws and
protect human rights in addition a
number of laws were established in the
years after World War two there were
direct results of the Nazi threat
including rulings against genocide and
in favor of human rights in terms of the
work force the presence of women was
another effect directly attributed to
World War two public attitudes also
changed especially towards overt racism
though it did not completely disappear
tolerance slowly became more widespread
due to these many consequences World War
two proved to be the most transformative
war in history
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