what are the consequences of the second world war?
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Consequences of Second World War End of colonialism and imperialism. End of dictatorship in Germany and Italy. Germany was divided into West Germany and East Germany. West Germany was controlled by Britain, France and USA.
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Germany lost 10% of its land, all its overseas colonies, 12.5% of its population, 16% of its coal and 48% of its iron industry. There were also the humiliating terms, which made Germany accept blame for the war, limit their armed forces and pay reparations.
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['Treaty of Versailles. The Treaty of Versailles ended World War I between Germany and the Allied Powers. ... ', 'Japanese Expansion. ... ', 'Fascism. ... ', 'Hitler and the Nazi Party. ... ', 'Appeasement. ... ', 'Great Depression. ... ', 'Interesting Facts about the Causes of World War 2. ... ', 'Activities.']
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['Overproduction. Rural- WWII had huge demand, effective and costly tractor increased output, too much food and too much debt. ... ', 'Stock Market Crash. ... ', 'Bank Failures. ... ', 'Government Policies. ... ', 'Recession. ... ', 'Depression. ... ', 'Affect of Great Depression. ... ', 'Hoovers attempts.']
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World War II was one of the transformative events of the 20th century, causing the death of 3 percent of the world's population. Deaths in Europe totaled 39 million people — half of them civilians. Six years of ground battles and bombing resulted in widespread destruction of homes and physical capital.
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The war had completely or partially destroyed buildings, roads, infrastructures, warships, and fighter planes. The Second World War resulted the division of world into two blocks: capitalist and communist. The capitalist block was led by the USA whereas the communist block was led by Russia.
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The end of World War II saw two major powers dominating the European scene: the United States, whose troops liberated the western half of the continent; and the Soviet Union, whose Red Army had driven the Germans from eastern and east-central Europe.
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The German Luftwaffe dropped thousands of bombs on London from 1939 to 1945, killing almost 30,000 people. More than 70,000 buildings were completely demolished, and another 1.7 million were damaged.
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Economic Effects of the Second World War : Vast parts of Europe and Asia were destroyed. US emerged as the dominant economic and political power. (ii) Emergence of Soviet Union as a super power is another important effect. Being the leader of the communist bloc it posed great threat to capitalist economy.
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['War guilt. Germany had to accept the guilt for starting the war.', "Germany's armed forces. The German army was limited to 100,000 men. ... ", 'Reparations. Germany had to pay for the damage caused by the war. ... ', 'German territories and colonies. Alsace-Lorraine went to France. ... ', 'League of Nations.']
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The war resulted in the death of empires and the birth of nations, and in national boundaries being redrawn around the world. It ushered in prosperity for some countries, while it brought economic depression to others. It influenced literature. It changed culture.
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['The Treaty of Versailles and the German desire for revenge. ... ', 'Economic downturns. ... ', 'Nazi ideology and Lebensraum. ... ', 'The rise of extremism and the forging of alliances. ... ', 'The failure of appeasement.']
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Specific Effects of World War 1: WW1 caused the downfall of four monarchies: Germany, Turkey, Austria-Hungary and Russia. The war made people more open to other ideologies, such as the Bolsheviks that came to power in Russia and fascism that triumphed in Italy and even later in Germany.
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The list is long and the figures are high. After the war Germany POWs were forced to work in Poland to rebuild its cities for 2 years. Russia and China had the largest figures of casualties with 20million and 6million deaths each. South American nations were least affected by the war.
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It was estimated that 1000 billion dollars was spent in the war. America alone had spent 350 billion dollars. The war had completely or partially destroyed buildings, roads, infrastructures, warships, and fighter planes. The Second World War resulted the division of world into two blocks: capitalist and communist.
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After the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II, Germany was divided between the two global blocs in the East and West, a period known as the division of Germany. Germany was stripped of its war gains and lost territories in the east to Poland and the Soviet Union.
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Social Consequences Civilians lost their homes and fled to other countries. The role of women also changed. They played a major part in replacing men in factories and offices. Many countries gave women more rights after the war had ended, including the right to vote.