What was a major effect on social life after world war 2?

Answer 1

I believe that the greatest impact socialy was in Europe and the Middle East. Although many ethnic groups sufferd under Hitler's Europe it was the murder and displacement of the Jews that has caused the decline of Europe as the progressive social experiment of the world, decline of Europe in the arenas of culture, law, economics, science and philosophy. Since ww2 Europe has never recovered from the loss of the Jews and never will. Of course all was not accopmlished by the Jews but they throughout history have been essential in forward , nonbiased new ways of looking at the endevours of man. Helping others to see things in a new light.

This amazing people have now been reduced to a desperate little nation in a hostile area - possibly smothering their talents forever. Europe needs them desperatly to become proactive again.

Answer 2

The social effects of the second world war was the economic destruction of Germany, and the technological advancement of Japan. Germany, as the main instigator of the war, was charged massive amounts of money in war reparations.

Answer 3

a lot of people died, Germany was divided, the world entered the age of the nuclear bomb, superpowers started a "cold war", Allied forces occupied Japan, Germany and Italy, the United States developed the "GI Bill of Rights", allowing returning GI's to buy homes. The resulting construction rush was an incredible stimulus to the economy...Unfortunately, there isn't enough space on this web site to adequately describe all of the effects of WW2.

Answer 4

After the war, there were many Soldiers coming back with no idea what they were going to do with their lives. Most thought the war was going to last a longer time than it did and were not prepared for coming home and working again. Unfortunately, the military branches didn't really teach their men anything that they could use in the real world. So if you came back from the war without a job in the first place, you realized, Hey I don't have a craft. Although Luckily some people just went back to finish college. Also they had a lack of metal. Because they used all their scraps for ammunition and items like that for the war, they had to make more. Which is why we cut back on using expensive metals for cars and coins. Although on the bright side, our economy was striving after the war. Unlike all the other countries who took part in it. After the war, was the greatest days of peace. Our baby boomers were born and our economy was flowing. It was just a good time then.

I don't know if it helped, but i hope it did. -Chaddy

Answer 5

The result of working together for a common goal seemed to be unifying European societies. Death knocked down all barriers between people. All belligerents had enacted some form of a selective service which levelled classes in many ways. Wartime scarcities made luxury an impossibility and unfavorable. Reflecting this, clothing became uniform and utilitarian. Europeans would never again dress in fancy, elaborate costumes. Uniforms led the way in clothing change. The bright blue-and-red prewar French infantry uniforms had been changed after the first few months of the war, since they made whoever wore them into excellent targets for machine guns. Women's skirts rose above the ankle permanently and women became more of a part of society than ever. They undertook a variety of jobs previously held by men. They were now a part of clerical, secretarial work, and te! aching. They were also more widely employed in industrial jobs. By 1918, 37.6 percent of the work force in the Krupp armaments firm in Germany was female. In England the proportion of women works rose strikingly in public transport (for example, from 18,000 to 117,000 bus conductors), banking (9,500 to 63,700), and commerce (505,000 to 934,000). Many restrictions on women disappeared during the war. It became acceptable for young, employed, single middle-class women to have their own apartments, to go out without chaperones, and to smoke in public. It was only a matter of time before women received the right to vote in many belligerent countries. Strong forces were shaping the power and legal status of labor unions, too. The right of workers to organize was relatively new, about half a century. Employers fought to keep union organizers out of their plants and armed force was often used against striking workers. The universal rallying of workers towards their flag at the beginning of the war led to wider acceptance of unions. It was more of a bureaucratic route than a parliamentary route that integrated organized labor into government, however. A long war was not possible without complete cooperation of the workers with respect to putting in longers hours and increasing productivity. Strike activity had reached its highest levels in history just before the war. There had been over 1,500 diffent work stoppages in France and 3,000 in Germany during 1910. More than a million British workers stopped at one time or another in 1912. In Britain, France, and Germany, deals were struck between unions and government to eliminate strikes and less favorable work conditions in exchange for immediate integration into the government process. This integration was at the cost of having to act more as managers of labor than as the voice of the labor. Suddenly, the strikes stopped during the first year of the war. Soon the enthusiasm died down, though. The revival of strike activity in 1916 shows that the social peace was already wearing thin. Work stoppages and the number of people on strike in France quadrupled in 1916 compared to 1915. In Germany, in May 1916, 50,000 Berlin works held a three-day walkout to protest the arrest of the pacifist Karl Liebknecht. By the end of the war most had rejected the government offer of being integrated in the beaurocracy, but not without playing an important public role and gaining some advantages such as collective bargaining.