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Why did USA help rebuild German and Japanese economies after WW2?

We helped rebuild the economies of all of the countries we could after WWII. The plan in Europe was called the Marshall Plan, which was an economic stimulus package for Europe. This ensured that the important economies of France, Germany, the UK, and Japan would all emerge as strong capitalist economies after the war. With strong economies there would be little incentive for these countries to adopt a communist government, which many poorer countries were doing at the time.

And even though we were allies during the war, before the war even ended the US and Russia knew they they were not going to be close allies after the war. They were preparing for the ideological battle between Capitalism and Communism ("The Cold War"). Each side was trying to bring the countries of the world on to their team (Capitalist or Communist) the US had NATO and the Russians had the Warsaw Pact. Russia was the de facto leader of most of the Eastern European countries that had joined the Warsaw Pact, so it would not allow the US to help rebuild these economies even if they wanted to. they were determined to show that these countries could be rebuilt through Communism.

Also not rebuilding Germany at the end of WWI was a main reason that there even was a WWII. So we did not want to repeat the same mistake again.

Is Japan's economy struggling?

I asking this because $1 of USA = 124 Japanese Yen. Japan is rich and developed country, then why is so much difference between American and Japaneses currency? I thought Japan is a rich and a prosperous nation.

Which side would win in an all out war between India, Japan and the USA vs China with other countries intervening?

Although is a hypothetical question but in case this happens the NATO allies with USA and Japan and other countries specially those having boundary disputes with the Dragon  will unite to win a war with China . But China with its vast business interests will never allow such a situation . It knows that it will loose its trading partners and then its survival will be at stake . Even the groups like BRICS will not support China as there business interests will be deeply effected . The basis problem with China is that it has a boundry disputes with almost all its neighbours and one day the same will happen with Pakistan also though again a hypothetical Situation. With a allout war China knows it can hardly rely on any other countries except for North Korea or Pakistan and even Russia has to think twice to be a with China . The time of communist nations do not exist and so even if Russia China unites it can never win against india Usa and Japan. With three big economic powers on one side most of the countries will support it and China has to find allies to counter this alliance.

If China and Japan went to war, which side would South Korea and US support?

It all depends on the context.If tomorrow China decided it wanted to claim the Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands and attacked Japanese naval forces in the vicinity, the U.S. would side with its long time ally Japan against the aggression, and work for a peaceful solution as quickly as possible to avoid devastating human and economic consequences. If Japan was the aggressor, the U.S. would not support them. We certainly wouldn't ally with China, but we might go as far as to threaten sanctions if the conflict was not resolved peacefully.Either way, the biggest U.S. priority is to avoid major conflict in Asia. I think we'd also like to stay the dominant player in the region, but that's a "nice to have," not a "must have," the way it would be in South America. And Korea will want to stay the hell out of a major power slugfest if the conflict doesn't involve them directly.

Who will win in a war between the USA and a coalition of China and Russia?

In the today's world the military power is measured not in aircraft carriers and nukes, but in dollars and yuans.Countries are destroyed not by tanks, but by economical sanctions, corrupt politicians and staged coups.I was born in one of such countries (USSR). It has had x6 more nukes than today’s Russia, stronger army and better fleet. Yet it was destroyed. Without a single bullet, using only economic and political measures.So, who will win in the war between USA vs coalition between China and Russia?The following diagram could help to find the answer.It shows the strength of the economical ties between the countries, and the size of their economies (as of 2014).Area of the circle is proportional to the nominal GDP of the country. Thickness of connections is proportional to the corresponding bilateral trade volume.The first thing that catches the eye is the strong economic interdependence between China, US and EU. A coalition between them makes significantly more practical sense than a coalition between China and Russia.The second thing is the relative weakness of the hypothetical China-Russia coalition.Let’s assume that the war is not nuclear (as the result of such war is obvious). The first move of the US in such scenario is to introduce economic sanctions against the coalition. The result of the sanctions:It means a severe economic crisis in China and a complete collapse of the Russian economy. There are food riots in both countries, followed by armed insurgency.China is severely crippled. Russia is repeating the fate of the USSR.The end of the coalition.There is a economic crisis in the EU and US too (the US is a bit better). But the war is over.Nobody won.

Who would win a war between China and Japan and how would the confrontation look?

Both Japan and China will annoy each other for many years, perhaps a few fishing boats, etc getting blown up. These tits for tats are a long way from full blown war, so we would need to assume at least 5-10 years before animosity would allow commissioning of something like the assassination of a key senior official.Once this happens, it really depends of the nationalistic tide. If people give the government the mandate and demand blood (not just a peace treaty), they will be forced to act.The USA will support whoever their democratic population has been conned by the media as the moral choice (eg. Like in Syria). It will be in USA's interest for these 2 successful economies to have a severely damaging war (they're trading partners but also major global competitors). In the David vs. Goliath battle, Japan will try to get public support as the David getting bullied (while it's provoking China and South Korea using USA as its big brother - doesn't have the balls to provoke North Korea). China is a successful major world power and it will need it's own propaganda machine too (the way usa uses Hollywood).China will need to express it's new global position militarily as well as economically. Don't forget USA has shaped the seas to be deeply bias towards itself in the last 60 years since it acquired all the world's seas and naval bases from England (in exchange for sending over some troops for ww2). China will naturally want to not be so tightly constrained by the dragnet that USA surrounds China with (naval bases around Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Philippines, Singapore, etc).Once it becomes clear that the USA doesn't have the political will nor the economic ability to enter a war against China, I suspect all the surrounding nations will do treaties with China instead of going to war with China. USA will do everything to stir up economically expensive wars to bog down China and keep itself as a global balance of power.China probably needs 2-3 decent sized wars in far off lands in the next 10 years to test and improve its untried war machine before it will really get any respect... The Chinese have a reputation of deserting, self-sabotage and infighting during warfare, that only real life practice for its army of 3M soldiers can resolve.

What happened to Japan??? (Lost decades, etc.)?

20 years later, I still don't understand what happened to "Japan, Inc.", which was in the 1980s what China seems to be today - the next great superpower and world hegemon, on track to overtake America in just a decade or two.

Back in the '80s, Japan seemed to be doing everything right - they had:
low inflation,
low unemployment,
high savings rates,
high investment (especially in Research & Development - good for future growth),
high trade surpluses year-in and year-out,
a top-notch educational system,
excellent health care system (and longest life expectancy in the world),
high economic growth rates, certainly when compared to the US and other Western countries...

In short, they seemed to be doing everything right! And then... 1989, 1990, 1991.... just crash! Stock market, real estate market, job market... everything. Suddenly there were homeless people in Japan (!) - recently laid-off businessmen, camped out in front of train stations, still wearing their business suits and quietly reading the daily newspaper.

What happened???? I don't get it.

And they never recovered? They've been going sideways, even down a bit, ever since?

Can someone explain?

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