Postwar America (Part 1)

Four countries (United States, Soviet Union, Britain, and France) occupied Germany after World War 2

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The U.S. and the Soviet Union began to have issues with each other after WW2 because the American troops were putting Capitalist and Democratic governments in Eastern Europe, violating Stalin's "buffer zone".

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Stalin and the Soviets TOP PRIORITY as the liberate Eastern European nations from Nazi occupation is to create friendly countries that Stalin can control in order to create a "buffer zone" for postwar Soviets.

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The accomplishments of the "American Homefront" (mostly women and non-Veteran men) during World War 2 created a massive amount of production that helped the United States to become the wealthiest nation in the world immediately following WW2.

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Because the United States was the location of some of the bloodiest and property-destroying battles during WW2, their citizens needed help rebuilding the nation following WW2.

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By the end of WW2 and then certainly in right after the war, China was emerging as the primary rival to the United States.

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The G.I. Bill of World War 2 followed a strong tradition of the American Government generously providing for war veterans throughout its history. Examples would be the Revolutionary War and WW1.

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One example of a benefit of the G.I. Bill was offering Veterans low-interest loans so they could buy their own property.

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The Baby Boomer Generation in the United States is the generation responsible for fighting and winning World War 2

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The Baby Boomers, born just after WW2, would go on to challenge authority and social norms in America during the 1960s.

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