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SECTION 31-5; From World War to Cold War Aftermath of the War WWII killed as many as 75 million people around the world. In Europe, about 38 million people lost their lives, many of them civilians. The Soviet Union suffered the worst casualties, with more than 22 million dead. During the war, the Allies were aware of the existence of Nazi concentration camps and death camps United States general Dwight Eisenhower was stunned to come ?face to face with indisputable evidence of Nazi brutality and ruthless disregard of every sense of decency.? (concentration camps) Rudolf Hoess, Nazi commander at Auschwitz, would later admit that he had supervised the killing of some two and a half million people