Major consequences of the Second World War are as follows :
(i) Death and destruction were enormous. At least 60 million of the people or about 3 percent of the world's 1939 populatior.r are believed to have been killed directly or indirectly as the result of a war.
(ii) Millions more were injured. Unlike in earlier wars, most of these deaths took place outside the battlefield. Many more civilians than soldiers died from war-related causes.
(iii) Vast parts of Europe and Asia were devastated and several cities were destroyed by aerial bombardment or relentless artillery attacks.
(iv) The war caused an immense amount of economic devastation and social destruction. Reconstruction promised to be long and difficult.
