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  2. Aftermath of World War II - Wikipedia

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    By the end of the war, the economy of the United Kingdom was one of severe privation, as a significant portion of its national wealth had been consumed by the war effort. . Until the introduction in 1941 of Lend-Lease aid from the US, the UK had been spending its assets to purchase American equipment including aircraft and ships—over £437 million (equivalent to some £27 billion in 2023) on ...

  3. End of World War II in Europe - Wikipedia

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    Most of the former Soviet Union celebrates Victory Day on 9 May, as the end of operations occurred after midnight Moscow Time. On 8 May, Muslims in French Algeria celebrating the end of the war became the targets of violence and massacres by colonial authorities and pied-noir settler militias, which would continue until 26 June 1945.

  4. List of wars: 1945–1989 - Wikipedia

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    Ended Name of conflict Belligerents Victorious party (if applicable) Defeated party (if applicable) 1945 1949 1945 Khuzestan revolt [1] Iran: Khuzestan rebels 1945 1950 Crusader insurgency Yugoslavia: Crusaders: 1945 1949 Chinese Civil War (second phase) Chinese Communist Party People's Republic of China (after 1949) Supported by: Soviet Union

  5. Timeline of World War II (1945–1991) - Wikipedia

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    Adenauer has succeeded in concluding negotiations about the release to Germany, by the end of the year, of 15,000 German civilians and prisoners of war. Last major repatriation of German Prisoners of War and German civilians who were used as forced labor by the Allies after the war, in accordance with the agreement made at the Yalta conference ...

  6. Demobilization of United States Armed Forces after World War II

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    The Demobilization of United States armed forces after the Second World War began with the defeat of Germany in May 1945 and continued through 1946. The United States had more than 12 million men and women in the armed forces at the end of World War II, of whom 7.6 million were stationed abroad. [1]

  7. Post-war - Wikipedia

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    A post-war or postwar period is the interval immediately following the end of a war. The term usually refers to a varying period of time after World War II , which ended in 1945. A post-war period can become an interwar period or interbellum, when a war between the same parties resumes at a later date (such as the period between World War I and ...

  8. History of Germany (1945–1990) - Wikipedia

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    In election after election, the votes cast for the Socialist Unity Party were always over 99%, and in 1963, two years after the Berlin Wall was constructed, the support for the S.E.D. was 99.95%. Only 0.05% of the electorate opposed the party according to these results, the veracity of which is disputable. [57]

  9. Potsdam Conference - Wikipedia

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    [13] With the end of the war, ... which would only take place 45 years later, in 1990, during the Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany. ...