descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 13 Feb 2012Publisher:Stellenbosch UniversityJournal:Scientia Militaria - South African Journal of Military Studies, volume 25 (issn: 1022-8136, eissn: 2224-0020,

Authors: Noëlle van der Waag-Cowling; Ian Van der Waag;

doi: 10.5787/25-2-248

Victory in Europe

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FIFTY YEARS AGO, ON 8 May 1945, World War II ended in Europe. The outcome was much as Adolf Hitler had predicted it would be: Western Europe was under the occupation of Anglo-Saxon troops and fell within the American sphere of influence, while Eastern Europe was occupied and dominated by the Soviets. The prewar European powers of France, Britain and Germany lay broken and a new bipolar global political system, dominated by two new superpowers – the United States and the Soviet Union - had emerged.

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U, World War II, Western Europe, United States, American sphere of influence, 8 May 1945, Europe, Soviet Union, Military Science, Anglo-Saxon troops, two new superpowers, prewar European powers of France, Britain and Germany, Adolf Hitler

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