The Spread Of Communism In East Asia

Intro: World War 2 ended on September second of 1945, the war killed millions of men in all areas of the world. Many focus on the war itself, but what happened after deserves interest as well.

After the War, nations and countries in East Asia divided on the issue of Communism. This spread of communism was called the domino theory. The domino theory was a policy that stated a communist government in one nation would quickly lead to communism spreading to its neighboring states. Acting like an aligned row of dominoes, falling one by one.

So how did the ideology of Communism spread and how were individual nations affected?

Before the War nations in East Asia were mostly colonized by European nations, but because of the war many of the East

Many people were tortured and abused by the Japanese during the time. But in 1945 Japan lost the war and therefore withdrew from Korean soil.

The Korean division was caused by U.S. and the Soviet Union. Both nations took half of Korea, Soviet Union taking the North and U.S. taking the South. By 1945 the Soviet Union successfully installed a communist government within North Korea.

On June 25th, 1950, the North Koreans led a surprise attack on South Korea. By September, they controlled the majority of Korea. But the UN sent forces to South Korea and South Korea pushed the borders all the way to China.Feeling threatened, the Chinese sent troops into Korea. The war continued between UN and China, but in 1953 the UN and North Korea signed a ceasefire agreement and the border was set, once again, near the 38th parallel. North Korea continues to stay as a communist state while South Korea is a democratic nation.

China:

The Chinese Communist party was formed in 1921, with Mao Zedong as one of its founders. In 1923, the Communists allied with the Nationalists, who were led by Sun Yixiang. In 1925, Yixiang died and Jiang Jieshi took power. At first, Jiang helped Mao fight the warlords who controlled the lands. But in April 1927, he betrayed Mao and nearly wiped out the

They were promised that there would be a redistribution of land, but that unfortunately did not happen.

Vietnam:

During WW2 Japan invaded Indochina using existing French leaderships in those nations. In May 1941, The Vietnam Independence League formed. And the communist leader Ho Chi Minh united all the nationalist groups in to a single one called “the Indochina Communist Party(Skwirk.com).” Ho Chi Minh gained great support by 1945 and won over Hanoi from Japan and France.

In the Vietnam, the withdrawal of the French colonial system made the country lack a strong government. This allowed Vietnam to be open for a communist regime, led by Ho Chi Minh. In 1946 France finally declared that Democratic Republic of Vietnam was an independent sovereign state to appease the unstoppable nationalists.

But fighting continued between the two sides and war was waged from 1947 to 1954 and at the end, the French finally admitted that they no longer had military wishes on the nation. Vietnam continues to stay as a communist nation till