In what ways are we still feeling the effects of WW2 today?

Nuclear weapons exist. The exponential growth of the destructive power of those weapons has been increased, but the weaponization of the atom occurred as a direct result of the Second World War. read more

In what ways are we not feeling the effects of WWII. Many of our high school history books would lead us to believe America is victorious, and crushed a completely and undeniably evil force; yet skips over our two detonations of weapons the world had previously never seen, on innocents and civilians. read more

Despite the sudden insights of the first world war, and countless more sufferers in the second world war, it wasn't until 1980 and the aftermath of the Vietnam war that this condition was formally recognised as post-traumatic stress disorder. read more

One other effect of the Washington Naval Treaty (and the London Naval Treaty) is it saddled the US, Japan and Britain with heavy cruisers that were awkward compromises. The treaty limits - a maximum armament of 8″ and 10,000 ton displacement - resulted in designs that packed 8″ guns but skimped on armor to meet the tonnage limit, as well as other design compromises that affected their performance. read more