Allies engaged in propaganda efforts overseas for a few very important reasons. One was that they wanted to spread their own influence which they also somehow managed to do considering that Europeans viewed the American nation more positively over time.
The government of the Soviet Union followed an unofficial policy of state atheism, aiming to gradually eliminate religious belief within its borders. While it never officially made religion illegal, the state nevertheless made great efforts to reduce the prevalence of religious belief within society.
The debt in 2014 would have been $17.53 trillion
