Savage continent

The end of World War II was met with cheering crowds and many celebrations. The period of anarchy and civil war that also followed the end of World War II has been forgotten. Across Europe more than thirty million people had been killed in the war and the infastructure, and institutions we take for granted, such as police, transport and governments, were either absent or seriously compromised. With collapsing economies everywhere, the entire European population was on the brink of starvation. Although the actual war was over the fight to rebuild Europe was only beginning.