clash of steel global uprising american vs soviet cs05GLOBAL UPRISING The end of World War II had left the world in a state of flux. The world that emerged from the war was a very different place to how it existed in 1939. New power blocs had formed and old and new friends kept a wary eye on one another. New growing powers were also emerging in Asia, South America, and Africa, either opposed to the great powers or supported by them. Proxy wars proliferated, where powerful nations struggled for dominance