what was the nature of shift in power in the world after the second world war
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What was the nature of the shift in power in the world after the Second World War?
Class 10th
AP Board - Social Studies
20. Post - War World and India
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The following were the effects on the shift of power after the Second World War:
• The end of the Second World War symbolized the emergence of the two superpowers at the center of the world, USA and USSR.
• The worst affected countries due to the Second World War were the USSR, Poland, Yugoslavia which lost about 20% of their population.
• In contrast, the USA suffered less as the war was not fought on its territories.
• All European empire declined due to the huge loss of their resources.
• There was also opposition from newly independent countries to not to join any of the bloc either the Soviet Union or the USA, capitalist bloc. Hence they followed the Non-Alignment Movement and maintained peaceful relations with the two superpowers.