what were the effects or impact of Second World war ( ww ii) to Africa and Europe

Effects of the Second World War in the World.

The Second World War left many impacts on the global scale. These were social, economic and political effects. Some of these effects were;

Collapse of European Capitalism. Where by various sectors of their economy badly affected. eg. Industries, Agriculture, commerce, they were in deep debts.

Emergence of USA dominance. After the Second World War the USA emerged as the leading imperialist power since her economy was ever not badly affected by the war.

Formation of United Nation Organization (UNO). It was formed so as to maintain peace and security in the World it was formed on 24th October 1945 to replace League of Nations.

Formation of Multilateral Financial Institution such as the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IFM).

Massive killing of people from soldiers to Civilians. The killings were more intensified than it was in the First World War. Example. German 3.25 million, USSR 3 million, Japan 1.5 million etc.

Devastation and Massive destruction of Economic Infrastructure, eg. Industries, enterprises, firms, banks, roads, markets, warehousing all these were badly destructed something which caused the collapse of European economy.

Influx and spread of Refugees in various parts in the World, about 21 million people were displaced from their homes.

 Division of the World into two main Camps, i.e Capitalist competition under USA and socialist camps under USSR.

Spread and Strengthening of Socialism (communism) in the world because ideology seemed to be more acceptable due to constant capitalist contradictions, socialism spread to the whole world of Eastern Europe.

Destruction of buildings in Hiroshima after Atomic bombing


Effects of the Second World War to Africa.

During the Second World War Africa was part and parcel of European metropolis through colonialism. Thus an crisis in European capitalism would affect Africa, thus the effects of the WWII to Africa include;

1. Intensification of exploitation in African colonies in orders to recover the destroyed European economies and occurred through intensification of development schemes such as terracing in highland, destocking, etc.

2. Intensification of African Nationalism. After the Second World War almost all African nations were characterized by mass nationalism due to intensification of exploitation through heavy taxation, low wages, low prices of cash crops etc.

3. Formation of UNO and Trusteeship council. After the formation of UNO in 1945 all mandate territories which were under the League on Nations, were transformed to trusteeship colonies to be ensured of granted independence on behalf of the United Nations.

4. Increase in the number of settlers,

5. Establishment of import substitution industries. Industries were established in the colonies to produce goods which were formally imported.