During World War II for the US economy were truly "golden": with the beginning of military operations from Europe to America poured a huge flow of capital greatly stimulated its economic growth. This is primarily to assist in removing the United States from the theater of operations and the associated security investments.
Expansion of military conflict was accompanied by the growth of military orders, which, in turn, created favorable conditions for the accelerated development of the industry. In addition, the United States played in the war, and as the largest creditor of the coalition, which after the war proved to be financially dependent on the United States. Relying on such a significant economic advantage, and financial dependence on Europe as a whole, American politicians believed that the last word in the postwar world would be behind them. The confidence of the United States in its absolute superiority in the postwar world has become stronger after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. The bombing of these cities was dedicated to the meeting of Heads of State at the Potsdam Conference. The new "super weapon", as demonstrated by the Americans, was to show the world that the US is a leader in the military sphere. It was with these weapons the US administration has decided to pursue a policy of defending its national interests in the world, "the US military said this quite openly. "The atomic bomb . once again strengthened the belief that our air forces have the ultimate weapon, that would allow the United States to impose a kind of" Pax Americana »- such, for example, was the opinion of the Chief of Staff of the US Army General M. Taylor. .
The atomic bombing of Japanese cities were, in fact, the act of deterrence aimed primarily against the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union bore the brunt of the struggle against fascism: its most economically developed part of the territory was in the zone of military operations, subject to restoration.