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With European competitors in ruins due to two World Wars, the region reigned supreme for nearly a century until the 1970s when economic crises, competition and further technological innovation changed everything.
With European competitors in ruins due to two World Wars, the region reigned supreme for nearly a century until the 1970s when economic crises, competition and further technological innovation changed everything.
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