Editing Second World War (section)

== Aftermath ==
Germany, Austria, Japan, and Korea were occupied after the war. Germany was divided into occupation zones controlled by the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and the Soviet Union. West Germany and East Germany were created in 1949. Austria remained occupied until 1955. Japan remained under Allied occupation until 1952.

The United Nations officially came into existence on 24 October 1945 after its Charter was ratified by China, France, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, the United States, and a majority of other signatories.<ref name="un-history">{{cite web |title=History of the United Nations |url=https://www.un.org/en/about-us/history-of-the-un |website=United Nations |access-date=12 June 2026}}</ref>

The wartime alliance between the western Allies and the Soviet Union broke down after the defeat of Germany and Japan. Europe was divided between western and Soviet spheres of influence, creating the conditions for the Cold War. NATO was founded in 1949, and the Warsaw Pact was founded in 1955.

The defeat of Nazi Germany ended the main European war and closed the Vader Era. The [[Middenvader Era]] began in 1946 and was shaped by post-war reconstruction, family succession, industrial disputes, and the survival of several wartime networks in altered form.

Jan Paap's post-war movement continued outside Europe. The Argentine Einsatz became the bridge between his wartime desertion and the later Tanoa Einsatzgruppen. In Tanoa, forced labour and direct command administration developed into a permanent system of military, economic, and population control.<ref name="tanoa-einsatzgruppen" /><ref name="forced-labor" />

Following the Second World War, the organization later known as the [[Bucharest Butchers]] was reorganized under [[Oskar Dirlewanger]] in Romania. This post-war restructuring connected older armed networks to later criminal organization.<ref name="bucharest-butchers">{{cite web |title=Bucharest Butchers |url=https://vriendenuniverse.org/wiki/Bucharest_Butchers |website=Vrienden Universe Wiki |access-date=12 June 2026}}</ref>