THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE COLD WAR
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Two Superpowers now existed:U.S. and U.S.S.R.
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Germany refused to surrender
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The Nazi Party rose to power in Germany.
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The U.S. and Soviet Union both wanted more land in Europe
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Detailed explanation-1: -As World War II transformed both the United States and the USSR, turning the nations into formidable world powers, competition between the two increased. Following the defeat of the Axis powers, an ideological and political rivalry between the United States and the USSR gave way to the start of the Cold War.
Detailed explanation-2: -After World War II, the United States and its allies, and the Soviet Union and its satellite states began a decades-long struggle for supremacy known as the Cold War.
Detailed explanation-3: -United States Becomes Singular Superpower During the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union were the world’s two superpowers. No other country could challenge them militarily. With the collapse of the Soviet Union, America rose to become the world’s only superpower.
Detailed explanation-4: -The conflict was based on the ideological and geopolitical struggle for global influence by these two superpowers, following their temporary alliance and victory against Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan in 1945.
Detailed explanation-5: -How did the USSR emerge as a superpower despite its massive losses from the Purges & WWII? The Soviet Union emerged from WW2 with the world’s largest army, a massive military industrial complex, and confidence after defeating Germany and smashing the Japanese forces on mainland Asia in a week.