Discuss the geo-political, economic and social repercussions of World War-II on European countries.

Geo-Political repercussions

• Germany was divided into four zones under the control of the United States, Britain, France, and Former Soviet Union.
• Europe was polarised. While Soviet Union with communist regime acquired many eastern European countries, Western Europe was dominated by capitalist and democratic spheres controlled by Britain, US and France.
• Cold war developed between United States and USSR

Economic repercussions

• Huge damage was caused to infrastructure by bombings during the war.
• Europe faced food crisis and suffered from high inflation rate
• European countries accumulated massive debt to United States and other countries

Social repercussions

• The war caused severe Refugee crisisin the continent
• Holocaust heavily affected the Jews population in the world
• The war left a huge population of widows and orphans in its wake