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first the sixth ocean, now the iron river...... it seems the ancient mythology is correct.....
I hope I am not provoking you or offending you with my previous message, and I understand quite well what you are writing about and the role of Stalin and the need for industrialization, all this I am not disputing, but I want to say something else: were camps and stories with "enemies of the people" and all these drastic measures and class purges really necessary at the edge of normality? (actually beyond normal) - and why in the end did it all gradually degenerate into the most banal nomenklatura trough for "cronies", and completely strange notions began to emerge, such as the concept of "I got it" because even money could not buy it? - Doesn't this indicate a fundamental contradiction in the structure of such a society? - and undoubtedly yes, the labour feat of the people and the industrial breakthrough and rockets are all super, but for some reason one does not want to live in that era and repeat that experiment... as for the war, it is an exogenous factor because there are 2 clear counter-examples: surrendered Germany with tremendous inflation, devastation, debt and concessions, now suddenly the 1st economy in Europe, and surrendered Japan with minimal land and resources survived nuclear explosions and now suddenly one of the leading innovative economies in Asia - does this not suggest that there was something wrong in the USSR initially? - How did a winning country (USSR) end up as a resource colony?
The first post-war years in Germany were nicknamed "zero years". As Ludwig Erhard, the "father" of the German miracle, later wrote: "That was the time when we in Germany engaged in calculations according to which every five years there was one plate per capita, once every twelve years a pair of shoes, once every fifty years one suit. Germany's first step out of this crisis was the well-known "Marshall Plan". Apart from preparing the ground for the Cold War that followed, it had clear economic objectives. Western Europe had always been the most important market for American capitalism. Even during the "Great Depression", the US was able to get out of the crisis by conquering the European market. The "mechanism" is simple - the greater the demand in Europe, the greater the supply from the USA, the more jobs there, the higher the purchasing power of American citizens. In the post-war period, Europe needed American goods more than ever. The only problem was, there was nothing to buy them with, and national currencies were devalued. Therefore, in 1947, the USA appeared at the crossroads - either to refuse the perspective markets and to slow down the growth of own economy, or to render the post-war Europe material support and to get not only "a regular customer and client", but also an ally. The United States bet on the latter and did not go wrong. Under the Marshall Plan, a total of $3.12 billion was provided to Germany over 4 years in the form of loans, equipment and technology. Although the "plan" was not the main active force of Germany's post-war reconstruction, it allowed carrying out later on what will be called the "German miracle". Within a few years, production, both agricultural and industrial, would exceed pre-war levels.
Source: How Germany emerged from the war
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And about Japan:
Japan suffered from food shortages and hyperinflation in the post-war years, but the demand for goods and services caused by the Korean War set the economy on the path to industrialisation and recovery in the early 1950s.
And no one invested any money in Russia. On the contrary, they still managed to raise the brotherly socialist countries.
And how is it that the USA managed to develop nuclear reactors without Stalin?
There were no wars in the US. On the contrary, they made money from wars, both World War I and World War II. War is their, the US, source of income. There are some sources saying that they did the actual wars of 1-2, Korea, Vietnam (and modern wars as well). It becomes clear why Hitler was needed.
§3: The US economy in the 1920s and 1930s
Theimpact of the First World War on the US economy The First World War inflicted many casualties and devastation on all the warring nations. But because the US was not at war and did not experience enemy occupation or bombing unlike countries in Europe, its economy grew stronger as a result of the war and its position in the world was noticeably strengthened.
The United States entered the war later than other nations. For nearly three years it maintained neutrality, which, however, did not prevent it from supplying arms, ammunition, uniforms and food to warring nations. Only in April 1917, when it became clear that the Entente States had achieved tangible success, did the USA decide to support them openly to enjoy the fruits of victory over the doomed Triple Alliance States.
The direct participation of the American army in the military operations took place in the summer of 1918, when the outcome of the war was no longer in doubt, so it had lost about 120 thousand men - less than other countries. But the benefits that America gained from the war,
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were incredibly huge. By taking advantage of the considerable weakening of European countries, the US was able to squeeze them out of the markets for their finished products, and at the same time seize sources of raw materials and areas for the application of capital, which had previously belonged to other great powers.
Military orders were placed not only in industries directly working for the war, but also in other sectors of the economy, including agriculture. The state procured a great variety of products, a large proportion of which were sent to the Allies. If in 1914 military supplies from the USA to England, France and Russia were estimated at 1 billion dollars, in 1916 - 3 billion dollars, i.e. it had tripled. During the war, total net profits of American corporations amounted to nearly $34 billion.
By the early 1920s, the United States accounted for nearly 3/5 of global iron and steel production, 2/3 of oil production, 85% of automobiles, and nearly half of global coal production. The increase in agricultural production caused by war consumption was reflected, for example, in the fact that the wheat harvest increased one and a half times between 1916 and 1919. The prosperity was mainly in the sectors which worked for the war effort, while the rest of the enterprises suffered sales difficulties, lack of raw materials, and many of them were idle.
Notable changes occurred in foreign economic relations during the war years. To pay for war-time deliveries from the USA, the allies had to sell off a large part of their investments, which had previously been invested in the American economy. European investments in America had more than halved, from $7.2 billion to $3.3 billion. The Entente countries paid for part of their purchases with gold, and covered the other part with loans received from the USA. The total amount of US loans to European allies for military purposes amounted to more than USD 11bn. During the same years, US private investment abroad increased from $2.6 billion to $7 billion. In just a few years, the US went from being a debtor to the world's largest creditor, and New York became an international financial centre.
All in all, during the war years, the national wealth of the US increased by more than 2.5 times, and its gold reserve, thanks to an active trade balance, doubled. As a result, half of the world's gold reserves were concentrated here. Almost all industrialised countries
There were no wars in the US. On the contrary, they made money from wars, both World War I and World War II. War is their, the US, source of income. There is information in some sources that the wars of 1-2, Korea, Vietnam are their handiwork. It's easy to see why Hitler was needed.
What's that got to do with it? The question is: how did they manage without Stalin?
Go back to the previous page - there's the answer.
But the question is still the same.
OK, I'll answer for those who are particularly dumb - the US economy after the Great Depression was able to get out of the World Wars 1-2, was able to rise due to these wars, due to the export of weapons, food and related goods, due to the brain drain from Europe and Russia, because it was quieter in the US.
OK, I'll answer for the especially odoary in a few words - the US economy after the great depression was able to get out of the world wars 1-2, was able to rise due to these wars, due to the export of weapons, food and related goods, due to the emigration of brains from all over Europe and Russia, because it was quieter in the US.