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Consequences of WWII.

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1 Consequences of WWII

2 Economic and social: Death- millions dead worldwide
Between 300,000 and 400,000 US dead 11 million exterminated Millions of refugees Destruction- cities in ruins Manufacturing, ag, transport messed up Depression- END  US cities in-tact, US economic boom

3 Political: Complete military defeat of the Axis powers
Totalitarian governments overthrown End of US isolationism Creation of the UN US joined NATO Beginning of the Cold War Emergence of the US and USSR as superpowers Beginning of the Cold War- containment Soviet occupation of Eastern Europe Beginning of the Atomic Era

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