post-World War II
Following the war
Post-World War II describes the period following the end of the Second World War in 1945, often extending through the late 20th century depending on context.
The term typically characterizes political arrangements, cultural developments, or economic conditions that emerged from or were shaped by that conflict.
The post-World War II economic boom transformed American suburbs.
Post-World War II Europe was divided between Western democracies and Soviet-aligned states.
- DecolonizationEnding foreign imperial rule
- ExistentialismPhilosophy of radical freedom
- Marshall PlanPostwar American economic assistance
- Iron CurtainCold War's political divide
- Berlin WallCold War partition
nuclear arms race · Non-Aligned Movement · Cuban Missile Crisis · proxy wars · Cold War · Abstract Expressionism · Korean War · Beat Generation · Keynesian economics · welfare state · NATO · Vietnam War · red scare · United Nations · consumer culture · Berlin Airlift · economic miracle · German reunification
post-World War IIpre-war
Before a conflict
interwar · wartime · interwar period · World War II era · 1930s
post-World War IIVictorian era
Britain under its longest-reigning queen
Edwardian era · Gilded Age · Roaring Twenties · Great Depression era · colonial era
post, world, warring, warred, warlike, warrior, worlds, worldly, worldliness