Answer :
do you mean when did it end? if so WW2 ended on the 2nd of September 1945.
As for the aftermath of the war: there was a decline faced by all European colonial empires and the rise of the USSR and the US. These two became competitors and participated in the cold war.
As for the aftermath of the war: there was a decline faced by all European colonial empires and the rise of the USSR and the US. These two became competitors and participated in the cold war.