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A French family returns to their village, Buron, northwest of Caen, which was completely destroyed during fighting, July 18, 1944

A post-war period or postwar period is the interval immediately following the end of a war. A post-war period can become an interwar period or interbellum, when a war between the same parties resumes at a later date (e.g., the period between World War I and World War II). By contrast, a post-war period marks the cessation of conflict entirely.

In Western usage, references to the post-war era or postwar era (sometimes capitalized) usually refer to the time since the end of World War II, although many nations involved in the Second World War have been involved in wars since.

Post-war

Chronology of the post–World War II era

The term "post-war" can have different meanings in different countries and refer to a period determined by local considerations based on the effect of the war there. In Britain, "post-war" refers to the period from the election of Clement Attlee in 1945 to that of Margaret Thatcher in 1979, a period of so-called post-war consensus, while it may also refer to a shorter period, ending in 1960 or shortly after and corresponding to the 1950s era, hence 1945–1960.^[1][2][3]

Cold War era

Considering the post-war era as equivalent to the Cold War era, post-war sometimes includes the 1980s, putting the end at 26 December 1991, with the Dissolution of the Soviet Union.^[4][5] The 1990s and the 21st century are rarely considered to be part of the post-war era.

See also

• Interwar period


• Aftermath of the September 11 attacks


• Postbellum


• Pre-war


• 
  Reconstruction Era of the U.S.


• Post–Cold War era

References

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