WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
THE START OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
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Nationalistic feelings among the people of Europe colonialism in many areas of Europe disappeared.
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European colonialism in many areas of the world declined.
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Efforts to develop new weapons decreased.
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International alliances were abolished.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Britain and France lost most of their empires due to World War II. Germany, Italy, and Japan were conquered and occupied. The Soviet Union lost its most productive citizens-more than twenty million died in the war.
Detailed explanation-2: -Western Europe and Asia were rebuilt through the American Marshall Plan, whereas Central and Eastern Europe fell under the Soviet sphere of influence and eventually behind an “Iron Curtain". Europe was divided into a US-led Western Bloc and a USSR-led Eastern Bloc.
Detailed explanation-3: -World War II was the first war that claimed the lives of more civilians than soldiers and witnessed the horror of the first systematic genocide in modern history with the Holocaust. In addition, many cities, towns and villages across Europe were completely destroyed by aerial bombing and heavy artillery.