The Cost of Victory in World War II

Sixty million people died in the Second World War.

The majority of those killed were civilians.

Millions of people did not have a home or a country after the war. They became refugees, often unwelcome, even in immigrant societies like the United States.

<p>European Jews who survived the Holocaust struggled to rebuild their lives in South America, Mexico, the United States, and Palestine—part of which became the state of Israel in 1948.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>In England, Germany, Russia, Poland, Japan, China, Korea, and other nations, large numbers of citizens remained undernourished for almost a decade after 1939. They had fewer clothes, less shelter, and more recurring ailments.</p> Signup and view all the answers