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    The countries of Western Europe faced significant challenges in the immediate post-World War II years. Socially, they experienced a massive baby boom as soldiers returned home which led to increased births. Economically, they had to transition from wartime spending and control economies to peacetime consumer economies. Politically, the rise of anti-communism and the Cold War dominated Western foreign policy. Militarily, Western European countries had to rebuild their armed forces in the context of the new geopolitical situation.

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    The countries of Western Europe faced significant challenges in the immediate post-World War II years. Socially, they experienced a massive baby boom as soldiers returned home which led to increased births. Economically, they had to transition from wartime spending and control economies to peacetime consumer economies. Politically, the rise of anti-communism and the Cold War dominated Western foreign policy. Militarily, Western European countries had to rebuild their armed forces in the context of the new geopolitical situation.

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    The countries of Western Europe faced significant challenges in the immediate post-World War II years. Socially, they experienced a massive baby boom as soldiers returned home which led to increased births. Economically, they had to transition from wartime spending and control economies to peacetime consumer economies. Politically, the rise of anti-communism and the Cold War dominated Western foreign policy. Militarily, Western European countries had to rebuild their armed forces in the context of the new geopolitical situation.

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    Discuss the challenges–economic, social, political, and military–that faced the countries of Western
    Europe in the immediate post-World War II years.

    Social:

    The Baby Boom: 1951, Sylvia Porter, a columnist for the New York Post, used the term "boom" to refer to
    the phenomenon of increased births in post war America. She wrote: Take the 3,548,000 babies born in
    1950. Bundle them into a batch, bounce them all over the bountiful land that is America. What do you
    get? Boom. The biggest, boomiest boomy boom ever known in history

    The U.S.: the United States alone, approximately 76 million babies were born between those years

    Canada: 1947 to 1966, the years that more than 400,000 babies were born. Canadian soldiers
    were repatriated later than American servicemen, and Canada's birthrate did not start to rise until
    1947

    Economic: allied war bonds matured during this time. Transferring money from governments
    to private households.

    Large amounts of money spent on military (especially the U.S.). Considered to help stabilize the
    global economy.

    A huge rise in consumerism. Lots of automobiles being purchased

    Increase in the size of the middle class. People moving out of cities into the suburbs.

    Political:

    Anti-Communism. The Cold War.

    The formation of the United Nations.


    Military:

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