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7.7 Conducting World War II

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The end of World War II did not bring peace but instead inaugurated a new global conflict between two superpowers—the United States and the Soviet Union. Their alliance had been one of necessity; once the Axis powers fell, ideological rivalry defined the new age.

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8 lessons

  1. 7.1Shifting Power After 1900Preview lesson
  2. 7.2Causes of World War IPreview lesson
  3. 7.3Conducting World War IPreview lesson
  4. 7.4The Economy in the Interwar PeriodPreview lesson
  5. 7.5Unresolved Tensions After World War IPreview lesson
  6. 7.6Causes of World War IIPreview lesson
  7. 7.7Conducting World War IIThis lesson
  8. 7.8Mass Atrocities After 1900Preview lesson

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