shine india monthly magazine published this article page no 9 the end of the second world war is a landmark in contemporary world politics. in 1945 the allied forces led by the us soviet union britain and france defeated the axis powers led by germany italy and japan ending the second world war 1939- 1945. the war had involved almost all the major powers of the world and spread out to regions outside europe including southeast asia china burma now myanmar and parts of indias northeast. the war devastated the world in terms of loss of human lives and civilian property. the first world war had earlier shaken the world between 1914 and 1918. the end of the second world war was also the beginning of the cold war. the world war ended when the united states dropped two atomic bombs on the japanese cities of hiroshima and nagasaki in august 1945 causing japan to surrender shine india monthly magazine buy.