My take on this: I believe the 2nd WW is the major historical event that led the most bright scientists of that era to the USA. From that point on, most major t

My take on this: I believe the 2nd WW is the major historical event that led the most bright scientists of that era to the USA. From that point on, most major technological advancements were made in the USA. Whoever has the most advanced technology wins the war. At the beginning the other equally technologically advanced site was believed to be the USSR. Nowadays is China. Europe relies on the USA for protection and the price to pay is to stay technologically irrelevant, which means irrelevant in every sense.