The Causes and Consequences of World War II on World History After 1945
The irrefutable fact about Second World War is that it caused unprecedented adversities, but it also created a platform for accelerated changes. The supposition is apparent with the fact that this war caused a colossal loss of lives and also caused division of European continent as might armies struggled towards establishing supremacy. The capacity of destruction caused by this war was indubitably vast, such that the year 1945 is described as Year Zero. For 1945 to be characterized as ‘Year Zero,’ it is because Europe and the rest of the world were left in impoverished state. This in the world history has great significance since it marks the specific time when the world was in ruins and the start of its political, social, and economic reconstruction.
Additional to the fact that WWII caused sizeable shift in the world operations and historical account on the same, its consequences are also quite irrefutable. That is, as a result of WWII, the world history changed because it marked the entry into the atomic age and the crumbling of some of the then colonial territories. First, as a result of World War II, the world history now has an account of how atomic bombs were used in the war and this introduced a new military element and threat to the world. This is particularly so because people now lived in fear of nuclear, which is arguably one of the causative factors that led to the emergence of Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States. The other consequence of WWII on the world history is that unlike in WWI, where the fight was only Western Europe, this particular war was a global conflict. As a result of this, WWII renewed the world history on the basis that after 1945, the world is perceived to have become more interconnected and globalize