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“One of the most important consequences of the Second World War was ‘division of Europe’, eastern & western.” Comment.

  • UPSC 2002
  • The World after World War II

Beyond the occupation zones and alliance systems, the deepest and most durable split the Second World War left in Europe was between two entirely incompatible economic systems and the ideological worldviews that justified them.

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