Aftermath of World War II
PERIOD AFTER THE CONCLUSION OF WORLD WAR II
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The aftermath of World War II was the beginning of a new era started in 1945 (when World War II ended) for be all countries involved, defined by the decline of all European colonial empires and simultaneous rise of two superpowers; the Soviet Union (USSR) and the United States (US). Once Allies during World War II, the US and the USSR became competitors on the world stage and engaged in the Cold War, so called because it never resulted in overt, declared total war between the two powers but was instead characterized by espionage, political subversion and proxy wars.