Important Quotes:
"After six long years of war, the allies finally were victorious. However, their victory had been achieved at a very high price. World War II had caused more death and destruction then any other conflict in history" (948).
"The misery in Europe continued for years after the war. The fighting had ravaged Europe's country side, and agriculture had been completely disrupted" (949).
"Thousands died as famine and disease spread through the bombed out cities The first post war winter brought more suffering as people went without without shoes and coats" (949).
"After six long years of war, the allies finally were victorious. However, their victory had been achieved at a very high price. World War II had caused more death and destruction then any other conflict in history" (948).
"The misery in Europe continued for years after the war. The fighting had ravaged Europe's country side, and agriculture had been completely disrupted" (949).
"Thousands died as famine and disease spread through the bombed out cities The first post war winter brought more suffering as people went without without shoes and coats" (949).
60 million people died and another 50 million people were uprooted from their homes. The cost of property damage was estimated to be in the billions of US dollars. Europe laid in ruins at the end of World War II. Hundreds of cities had been reduced to rubble because of bombing and mortars. The country side had been decimated from the ground war where it made farming difficult and Europeans were hungry from the lack of agriculture.