This war was very significant because for a first, civilians were killed in greater numbers than soldiers. about 30,000,000 soldiers died in the conflict from battle. However, over 50,000,000 civilians died.
As result, United Nations set up to avoid further world wars. Germany divided among France, Britain, US and USSR . The cold war between US and USSR, potential
nuclear war Japan abandons its military bases in the Pacific to US and Britain.