Which primary geopolitical shift followed the conclusion of the Second World War?
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World Wars Knowledge Database
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Published21 Jan 2026
💡 Explanation:
The Second World War fundamentally changed the global political order. The traditional European Great Powers were economically and militarily exhausted, leading to a diminished global influence. The primary geopolitical shift was the emergence of the United States and the Soviet Union as the two dominant global superpowers, ushering in the bipolar world order of the Cold War. The League of Nations was a product of World War I. Decolonization and the subsequent dissolution of European empires was a major consequence of this power shift, but the shift itself is defined by the rise of the two non-European superpowers.