Today in Mendi house you spoke about the fact that Russia is actually the big winner of the second world world, didn't answer you immediatly but I am not sure I can agree with you.First it is very hard to calculate winners and losers in this war ,take Japan and Germany that lost the war but became ,( with American money of course),a symbol of an economic revival .
From the other hand you can look at England one of the big winners of the war that had to give up its entire empire and become " Just another country " ,( with a seat in the security council ).
Russia became a big winner for a while,( no more than 30 years), but lost all its concession plus other territories it gained before the war ,( Ukraine), and disintegrated to become an unstable corrupted country with declining population and a shattered economy.
The two absolute winners of the second world war and the cold war are actually first and for most America that left beyond a deep depression and isolation to became the strongest super power and the leader of the free world.The second winner is China that was able to receive as a result of Japan defeat huge amount of disputed territories : the Russian part of Manchuria , inner Mongolia Xinjang and Tibet, that probably couldn't become " Chinese " other wise.Not to mention the seat in the security council.
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