Among other things: part of Europe; part of the European Union; part of NATO; part of the World.
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It was not really the strongest. Do you know why, because the Soviet Union was is the one that beat Germany.
NATO was created to oppose Soviet expansion after World War 2. Economic organizations like the European Common Market also contributed to this effort.
Russia, or rather, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; the Soviet Union. Every nation in Europe was devastated during World War II, with the exception of Switzerland, which remained neutral.
No it did not.
The European Union and NATO are based in a few different places. It is between European and the United States.
NATO was formed to protect its members from aggression by the Soviet Union.
The Soviet Union
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The United States and Soviet Union (aka Russia)
At the very end of WW2 the United States was the strongest country by far and the Soviet Union was the second strongest country.