World War Two was a major turning point in history. It was the largest war ever waged, with over 10 million killed. It was the birth of nuclear energy, which quickly eroded into the Cold War and also nuclear tensions with North Korea and the middle East. It also gave USSR strength as a superpower as well, clashing with America over post war decisions. this lead to the Cold War, the Iron Curtain, and even resonates today with a cautious relationship with the US and Russia today.
World War Two was also the first time that chemical warfare was widely used, and although the UN has outlawed this technique, some versions of it are used today, such as Syria's threats of using chemicals in a rising tension with it's neighbors.
But it also gave the world a horrifying look into what technology could do with warfare if it went unleaded. With teamwork on a scale never before seen, the Yalta Conference, and later the UN, joined formerly alienated countries together to avoid such wars in the future, and to promote world peace. These alliances will hopefully hold for centuries to come, to offer solace in an increasingly violent and volatile world.
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