Did anyone actually win world war 2?

[spanishfly]

The Soviet army is not an American imperialistic army the USSR was a peaceful country before Afghanistan and didn't wage wars

Czechoslovakia 1967

[thebomb]

The Soviet army is not an American imperialistic army the USSR was a peaceful country before Afghanistan and didn't wage wars

Czechoslovakia 1967

Uh, I assume you're responding to my post? I don't understand what you're getting at.

[GamblerSK]

He means this...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw_Pact_invasion_of_Czechoslovakia


and here are fotos and original radio communication when they attack from 3:23 you can hear gun shots and around 4:00 to
Occupation of Czechoslovakia 1968

[thebomb]

He means this...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw_Pact_invasion_of_Czechoslovakia

Yeah.. I know what happened in '67..I just don't see how it is relevant to what I posted.

[spanishfly]

It was to UeArthemis ;p

[UeArtemis]

What?

[Ost_Front_Soldat]

Well it ended the whole era of "world powers" which were similiarly capable nations or empires that could, by virtue of alliances, keep each other in check, and brought in the superpower era. The Americans longed seeked something that would boom their economy, and it did, so much so that we see it een today. Looking at Japan and Germany today, its hard to tell they had lost the most crushing defeats in human history, only 65 years ago.

[Shadowmetroid]

The "winners" are those who lost the least. Russia lost the most, but history views them among the victors.

In war, there is no victor.

[Oberst Faust]

No body really won, but some came out on top of others, truly in War, there really is no victors, as Shadow said.

The United States, France, Britain and the rest of the "allied" countries kinda lost in my eyes because they created another war right after wards. (Cold War)

[Shadowmetroid]

War is a never ending cycle of loses.

[Akalonor]

Yet all we can do is stand by and let the nature of the world run its course, The world is always fighting...your lungs fight for air, a wolf fights for survival, even the very essence of nature fights against time.....all we can do is accept the fact that fighting is natural.

[Sovereign]

War is a never ending cycle of loses.

Wrong in all wars fought, all of them have come to an end in one form or another.

The "winners" are those who lost the least. Russia lost the most, but history views them among the victors.

In war, there is no victor.

Yet another fallacy of yours,

In the words of Clausewitz ""War is not merely a political act, but also a political instrument, a continuation of political relations, a carrying out of the same by other means," He sees war as a social act and as an extension of policy.

If what you say were in fact true then do you really think that the process would continue? When you actually go down the line and study all aspects of all past conflicts you can clearly see that in each and every one there is in fact a beneficiary every single time. Doesn't matter if its just one group or more.

[vietlord]

UK lost it's main influence and france too ... they lost their colonial power so nearly after
US and russia had the power (the suez affair prooved it) but the burdain of being number one, including worldwide military control, exausted them (poisonned apple)

[Akalonor]

The Losers :
Germany
Russia
UK
France
The Winers:
Italy (they got independence and a government)
USA (they got loads of $$ and became a Superpower )
those were the main ones atleast

[Tico_1990]

The Losers :
Germany
Russia
UK
France
The Winers:
Italy (they got independence and a government)
USA (they got loads of $$ and became a Superpower )
those were the main ones atleast

Italy had a government and was independent before WW2 (since 18something if memory serves me right).
I'd say that WW2 itself did not have any winners. The rebuilding efforts afterwards is what somehow created winners though and even then, both sides lost to some extend.

Cheers