Obelkevich adds that this money spending and buying clothes, records, audio equipment “would have been unimaginable to previous generations.” Later on, in the 60’s, these post-war children became hippies and they fought against the war in Vietnam. Changed relationships
The war has undoubtedly the impact on human relations. Many men died in the war or came back with injuries. These were not able to work like the healthy ones and it did not bring so much satisfaction into families. We can also prove that war destroyed many marriages. Divorces “reached a peak of 60 000 in 1947, ten times the pre-war figure.” The reason of this shocking number was clear: men could not get used to the new situation of everyday family life on one hand, but on the other hand women did not have to keep marriages just because of husband’s money. There was also a change in the law system; in 1949 the Legal Aid Act was passed and it “opened a possibility of divorce to many who had previously been deterred by the expense”. But popularity of marriage as the social institution continued. “Even of those divorced, three quarters remarried.”
After both world wars in the 20th century there was a baby boom; men came back from battle-fields and people felt safer because they knew that their children would be born for the peaceful life. The baby boom balanced also the loss of human lives during the war.

The Role of Woman
The Second World War affected also the position of woman in society. The changes started after the end of Victorianism and, as Marwick says, had been greatly accelerated by WWII. Before the war, many women were at home to keep the households and to take care of their children; men were breadwinners. But the majority of men had to go to fight for their country, and women had to earn some money to survive. They took the men’s position and they were good at it. They gained more self-confidence and therefore when men came back from battlefields they had to count on women as equal partners. Many wives became widows – most of them did not marry again because they did not have to – they could earn enough money for their life; but some were trying to find a new husband which was quite difficult because there was a lack of men.

Prisoners of war
Not only the men who returned from the war on the continent had big problems to get used to the normal life again. We cannot forget the prisoners of war who lived in terrible conditions of prisoners’ camps. These were situated on Asian territories and it is clear that the living conditions were so cruel and degrading. Many of them died and those who survived came back home and they could never forget this horrible experience.