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A politician and leader of a European country paved the way for my arrival on September 1, 1939. I enabled the extension of the Soviet Union’s power to nations of eastern Europe. I also effectively led to the shift of political power from western European countries to the US and USSR. After I left, the world bifurcated into two major groups and fought a hidden war until one of them fell apart. Who am I?

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Cold War

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First World War

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Second World War

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Adolf Hitler

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Solution

The correct option is C Second World War
World War II broke out after a German politician and leader, Adolf Hitler, decided to invade Poland on September 1, 1939. After two days, France and Britain declared war on Germany. The war was fought between the Axis Powers and the Allied Powers from 1939-1945. The war ended when USA dropped two atomic bombs at Hirishima and Nagasaki in Japan.

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