Both were large countries with large populations, and military structures in excess of what was needed for peacetime. Both had nuclear arsenals capable of destroying the world several times over. Great Britain, France, and the People's Republic of China also had nuclear weapons, but nothing to compare with the US and Soviet Union. China had the largest populaion of all, but lacked the ability to strike anywhere in the world.
They were called Superpowers because they pretty much single-handedly influenced the outcome and general direction of the world, at the time. The states can still be called a superpower, now a days, although some say they have reached their peak and are in decline (with their massive debt and continuing economy crisis).
The Us was mainly due to its production of nuclear weapon the soviets i guess was from taking back stalingard.
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US and the Soviets had the most powerful weapons at the time, that's why they were superpower country's
The united states had the atomic bomb. The soviet union had the worlds most powerful army
The growth of nuclear weapons
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They became the only remaining superpowers in the world after the war.
They emerged as the two superpowers. They both were very strong and showed their strength in World War 2. The power of these two superpowers led to the Cold War.
The Eastern Bloc of EuropeThe Cold War for 50 years
Allies: Soviet Union (Russia) and United States, both became superpowers after World War 2 Axis: Nazi Germany
World War 1-- Britain, Germany, and the France United States was too isolationist and their military was too small. WW 2 -- Germany, US, and Soviet Union Britain could never have defeated any of these by itself. However, the actual title for superpower applied to the British, US, and Soviet Union in the post-World War II world.
The United States and the Soviet Union were the Superpowers after World War 2.
the united states had the atomic bomb. The Soviet Union had the world's most powerful army.
They became the only remaining superpowers in the world after the war.
the united states had the atomic bomb. The Soviet Union had the world's most powerful army.
the united states had the atomic bomb. The Soviet Union had the world's most powerful army.
The United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
They emerged as the two superpowers. They both were very strong and showed their strength in World War 2. The power of these two superpowers led to the Cold War.
The United States of America and The Soviet Union.
The people that were involved in the cold war was the Soviet Union, Communist world, and the non-communist world (The US and the USSR)
France, Great Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union.
The Eastern Bloc of EuropeThe Cold War for 50 years
Allies: Soviet Union (Russia) and United States, both became superpowers after World War 2 Axis: Nazi Germany