World War 2 Research Paper

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A devastating time for all the countries involved, World War II lasted from September 1, 1939 –May 8, 1945. By the end of World War II over 60 million people out of approximate world’s population of 2.3 billion were killed in the war. Out of these 60 million killed 10% were Jew. Germany was under the leadership of Adolf Hitler,under the leadership of Hitler he managed to put millions people into concentration camps. Germany’s economy after World War 1 was terrible and people were poor and unemployed. Also, Germany had to give up their land and were banned from having armed forces. Adolf Hitler promised the people of Germany he would make Germany great again but he managed to cause destruction. On September 1st 1939 the Prime Minster of Britain declared war on Germany after …show more content…

The Aftermath of World War II was huge globally many people were killed and countries were in ruins. The Allied countries were all in different places after World War II. The American economy was at much better state than it was post World War I. Europe was have a hard time, the biggest task was to rebuild Europe, which lay in ruins (Results and Aftermath of World War II,http://www.english-online.at/). The United Kingdom spended most of its assets on American equipment for the war, more than half of Britain’s labor force was in world production.The American economy on the other hand was at much better state than it was post World War I. The United States gave over 13 billion dollars to help with reconstruction of Europe. In the United States more women started entering the workforce and gain more rights. Racism after the end of World War 2 was less harsh. In the World Book Article it stated that World War II lead to dominance of Soviet Union and United States. The Soviet Union still found dominance even after their hardships.The Soviet Union was greatly affected by World War 2 over 25 million people died because