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Immediately after world war ii, what key advantage did the united states have over the soviet union?

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A key advantage was that the Soviet Union had been damaged by the Nazis invasion of their country and by the deaths of over 20 million people fighting them so it was weakened by the war unlike the US which had only suffered at Pearl Harbour but not in the mainland USA.

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Following the letter written by Chinese Commissioner Lin Zexu to Queen Victoria of Great British in 1839 concerning the trade of opium. The aftermath event led to a war that was referred to as the Opium War between Great Britain and China.

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