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==Ukrainian Resistance==
 
==Ukrainian Resistance==
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==Fallout From World War II==
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==Effects of war on empires==
    
*[[Iron Curtain]]
 
*[[Iron Curtain]]
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:The Red army conquered practically everything east of the "Iron Curtain," destroying independent national governments and making them all subservient to Moscow.  The US grudging;y tolerated this imperialism until 1947, when it was Greece's turn. Then the US drew the line and adopted a policy of [[containment]]. Because of the geography of war, [[Yugoslavia]] and [[Albania]] escaped the Red Army. They fell under the control of independent Communists--Yugoslavia received American support, and Albania turned to Red China for help against the Soviets.
    
*[[British Empire]]
 
*[[British Empire]]
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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.
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:The war effectively bankrupted Britain, which soon gave up India (as well as Pakistan, Ceylon and neighboring states).
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* French Empire
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:France saluted its overseas Empire as the savior of France, and wanted control back. That led to nasty large scale civil wars in Algeria and Vietnam, which France lost.
    
*the Netherlands and Indonesia  
 
*the Netherlands and 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]]
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:The Dutch returned to the [[Dutch East Indies]] to face an insurrection they could not handle. Dutch acknowledged in 1949 the sovereignty of [[Indonesia]], a non-Communist state.
    
*Supremacy of the USA in the Western World
 
*Supremacy of the USA in the Western World
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Whilst most countries had seen their economies demolished by the war, the USA had industrialized heavily and made financial gains from sales of arms to other Allied countries. Prior to the war, one-third of Americans were employed in agriculture. The socioeconomic changes brought by returning soldiers, many of whom took advantage of a generous GI education benefits, precipitated the rise of the great American middle class.
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:The war left the U.S. with a vastly stronger economy than anyone else. To save on budget deficits the military was demobilized, but the long-term strategy was in confusion after Roosevelt's death.
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*Supremacy of the Soviet Union in Eastern Europe.
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*[[Vietnam War]]
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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.
      
==See also==
 
==See also==
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