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*[[Iron Curtain]]
 
*[[Iron Curtain]]
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*British Empire
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*[[British Empire]]
 
The war effectively bankrupted Britain, which started the process of dismantling its empire. It was not until 2007 Britain finished paying off the loans to the USA which it had taken to fight Nazi Germany.
 
The war effectively bankrupted Britain, which started the process of dismantling its empire. It was not until 2007 Britain finished paying off the loans to the USA which it had taken to fight Nazi Germany.
    
*the Netherlands and Indonesia  
 
*the Netherlands and Indonesia  
After the defeat of the Japanese empire, their army retired from the Dutch East Indies and was return back to the Dutch. Quickly after Thad the people came in revolt agents the government in 17 August 1945 and declared theme self independence. The Dutch did not allow that and sent its “new” army to the colonies. Dutch scored a lot of victories but after the political pressure from the USA and Australia the Dutch acknowledged in 27 December 1949 the sovereignty of Indonesia
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After the defeat of the Japanese empire, their army retired from the [[Dutch East Indies]] and the land was returned back to the Dutch. Quickly after that, the people of the islands revolted against the government on 17 August 1945 and declared themselves independent. The Dutch sent their “new” army to the colonies to restore order. The Dutch scored a number of victories, but after the political pressure from the USA and Australia the Dutch acknowledged in 27 December 1949 the sovereignty of [[Indonesia]]
    
*Supremacy of the USA in the Western World
 
*Supremacy of the USA in the Western World
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*Supremacy of the Soviet Union in Eastern Europe.
 
*Supremacy of the Soviet Union in Eastern Europe.
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*Vietnam War
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*[[Vietnam War]]
 
During the war the French lost their colony of Vietnam to the Japanese.  At the end of the war they decided to reassert their colonial mastery, but the Vietnamese now had other ideas.  The battle with the French would eventually lead into the Vietnam war after the French defeat and American intervention ensued to prevent the spread of Communism.
 
During the war the French lost their colony of Vietnam to the Japanese.  At the end of the war they decided to reassert their colonial mastery, but the Vietnamese now had other ideas.  The battle with the French would eventually lead into the Vietnam war after the French defeat and American intervention ensued to prevent the spread of Communism.
  
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