Communism And The Cold War

From the time that World War II ended in 1945 through 1991, The United States of America (USA) and its once World War II allie, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR or the Soviet Union),were engaged in 46 years Cold War. The Cold War was not a fighting war, but a war of ideas (Capitalism versus Communism). In the Cold War the The United States of America was trying to contain communism while the Soviet Union was trying to spread communism. This all started with Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels who created a book called Das Kapital in 1867. The book talks about how capitalism would collapse and communism will take over. Many years later in 1917 a rebel group called the Bolsheviks took over Czar which was the first communist state. Czar Nicholas

Like the rest of Germany, they were split into four pieces which were owned by the The United States of America, Soviet Union, Britain, and France. Berlin was also split into four pieces, the The United States of America owned West Berlin and the Soviet Union owned East Berlin. On June 27, 1948 a blockade was made around West Berlin, Germany. The blockade was put up by the Soviet Union because they wanted the The United States of America to surrender West Berlin. The Soviet Union wanted West Berlin to make it a communist state but the The United States of America made it a capitalist state. Once the blockade was put up the The United States of America couldn’t deliver the supplies West Berlin needed because they drove the supplies by cars. The Soviet Union knew this was going to happen and was hoping that the The United States of America would surrender West Berlin. The The United States of America did find a way to get West Berlin the supplies they needed, the The United States of America would fly airplanes to West Berlin with the supplies they needed. This was one way the The United States of America contained communism because the blockade was taken down in May 12, 1949. The strategy the The United States of America used was economics because the The United States of America had the money to quickly change giving West Berlin supplies from car to air

Before the end of World War II Japan ruled over Korea for 35 years but, when World War II end Japan fell apart. South and North Korea was divided at the 38 parallel. North Korea was supported by the Soviet Union and South Korea was supported by the The United States of America. On June 25, 1950 Joseph Stalin gave North Korea permission to invade South Korea. North Korea invaded South Korea so they can expand their land. The The United States of America was not given any warning about the attack and had to send troops to South Korea right away. The The United States of America and South Korea pushed North Korea to the Korean peninsula. From there the The United States of America and South Korea pushes North Korea back by the North Korean border by China. China enters the battle because they are afraid they might get attacked. China helps North Korea push the The United States of America back to South Korea. This is the second way the The United States of America contained communism because the battle ended in July 27, 1953 and the border stayed at the 38 parallel. The strategy the The United States of America used was military because the The United States of America military helped South Korea in the battle to keep the border where it was in the