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Identify and explain the TWO major ways the Cold War and Decolonization were “entangled”.

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The two major ways the Cold War and Decolonization were “entangled” are the following.

1.- They started basically at the same time, at the end of World War II.

Many former soldiers and leaders that participated in the war started or participated in anti-colonial movements.

2.- They resulted from the two-nation position of world dominance: the Soviet Union and The United States. The Soviet Union tried to spread Communism all over the world to free workers from capitalism, meanwhile, the United States established the foreign policy of containment to stop Communism. These impacted anti-colonial movements in Asia, Africa, and India.

During the Cold War years, these two superpowers also competed in the arms race and the space race.

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