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Reasons why US + USSR emerged as superpowers after 1945, Sources https…
Reasons why US + USSR emerged as superpowers after 1945
Political
Trade unions favoring Russia
USSR
Defeat of Germany - boost in morale + victory for USSR + first to capture Berlin, before The Allies
Controlled + rigged elections in many states that were taken over --> forced implementation of communist ideologies + communism as a whole
Economic
USSR
Industrial production doubled --> steel, cement, coal, glass, electricity all much higher too
Economy was getting ready for war through such high industry production
US
Power of the US Dollar
Strong ecnomomies
supplying arms/munitions during ww2
Military
USSR
Expansion - Red army liberation of Eastern Europe
Development of nuclear warheads
Countries in USSR sphere of influence had tons of uranium instrumental in the development of the atomic bomb
Lots of espionage/network of spies --> got US/UK nuclear secrets
Other
Both had large populations
Sources
https://studyclix.blob.core.windows.net/static/content/file/uploads/3/3d471636-5369-452e-9505-bfe0e113a520.pdf
mytutor.co.uk/answers/59151/A-Level/History/Why-did-the-USSR-emerge-as-a-superpower-after-1945/