WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
THE START OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
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It prompted other nationsto begin investigations of war crimes
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It led to the establishmentof the first global peacekeeping force
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It enabled the UnitedNations to administer territory in Japan
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Itinitiated the arms race with the Soviet Union
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Not to be outdone, Germany produced its own fleet of dreadnought-class warships, and the standoff continued with both sides fearing a naval attack from the other and building bigger and better ships. Germany couldn’t keep up, however, and Britain won the so-called Anglo-German Arms Race.
Detailed explanation-3: -The United States’ use of nuclear weapons to end World War II led to a determined and soon successful effort by the Soviet Union to acquire such weapons, followed by a long-running nuclear arms race between the two superpowers.
Detailed explanation-4: -Initially, only the United States possessed atomic weapons, but in 1949 the Soviet Union exploded an atomic bomb and the arms race began. Both countries continued building more and bigger bombs.