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How Did The Cold War Change The World

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The end of World War II brought about many changes in the world. It was the end of the old ways of colonialism and the beginning of independent states. Empires like Britain could no longer sustain its empire, Europe became divided, and colonized countries wanted their independence and took a nationalists stance. Decolonization began and the world was rearranged, but influenced by the Cold War.
As soon as World War II ended, differences in ideals created the Cold War between western allies and communist Russia. Germany was divided between the allies and Russia divvied it even further by cutting off East Germany at Berlin from the rest of Western Germany. Eastern Europe was now controlled by communist leaders and became part of the USSR. As Churchill
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