Additional aspects arise when considering children of war outside of the European region or those of the 21st century . Conflicts like the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 , the Vietnam War between 1955 and 1975 , the 1971 Bangladesh genocide during the Bangladesh Liberation War , or the Syrian Civil War since 2011 , all brought specific implications for the children of these wars . In Japan , the war children of that time still suffer from radiation-induced mutations . Regarding the Vietnam War , different consequences arose , depending on whether Napalm or the defoliant Agent Orange was used . The long-term effect on the war children in Syria , in Afghanistan or in Eastern Ukraine since 2014 are not yet foreseeable – with the exception of the numerous mutilations caused by land mines
1971 Bangladesh genocide
1971 Bangladesh genocide
Childhood in war