Events and Changes of the Postwar Era

From the war with all the bombings and land wars, Europe and Japan changed after the war. Europe after the war suffered from many things. The much of the countryside was destroyed, agriculture was disrupted,transportation system was destroyed. With agriculture being disrupted by the countryside being destroyed a famine came and many starved and as people were fighting the famine diseases started to come and cause even more death. In Europe after the bombings were done it left many people living in cellars and caves under the rubble. They had no water, electricity and very little food. The bombs destroyed the factories and the countryside leaving many people jobless and very poor.

Japan after the war was controlled by America for a bit. General Douglas MacArthur was the leading person who setup Japan after the war. He began the process of demilitarization, disbanding the Japanese armed forces, so that they could not launch an another attack on a country. He started a democratic government which is new to Japan, since they always had an Emperor as a dictator. He drew up a constitution that was like Great Britain's and it went into affect May 3, 1947. To help with the economy he made large land owners sell their land at a reasonably price which led to more land ownership and increase of participation of workers and farmers.