Ever since communism was created, many people have feared it. They mainly feared being taken over and controlled by it. For example in the later years of communist, after WW II, Americans feared it. They had so much fear that it created a cold war. This cold war almost led to global destruction.
Many americans first started fearing communism between 1947 and 1948. They started fearing it because it was expanding through Europe. The Soviet Union was the biggest country that was led by a communist government during their time. The Soviet Union wanted Europe to only elect a communist leader. While the United States and Great Britain wanted Europe to have free elections. This is when the cold war first started.
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and the Soviet Union. Germany had been split up into four groups. Each controlled by a different country. The Soviet Union controlled half of germany, while France, Great Britain, and the U.S. controlled the other sections. In 1948, France, Great Britain, and the U.S. eventually combined their governments into one to creat west germany, while the soviets controlled east germany. The Soviet Union opposed combining west germany. As a result of it the Soviet Union put up a blockade on Berlin. Berlin is the capital of Germany and was also split up between the country. Berlin was deep into Soviet land.
As a result of the blockade, the United States. and Great Britain started the Berlin airlift. This airlift dropped tons of supplies into Berlin by plains. It lasted for more than 10 months. They used over 200,000 flight carriers and dropped 2.3 million tons of supplies for Berlin. Since the Soviet were also trying to avoid a war, they gave in and lifted the blockade.
In 1949, Communist took over the Chinese government. It extremely strengthened the United States’s fear of communism.This was terrible news for the United States. for two reasons. First, it meant that their policy of containment was failing. It also meant that communist could take over a country as big as the united states of …show more content…
The Soviet Union was also known as the USSR. Joseph Stalin believed in heavy industrialization and military superpower.. Heavy industrialization is the manufacture of large, heavy articles and materials in bulk. This lead the Soviet Union to become a peasant society. He ruled by terror. He made all of his citizens fear him. Joseph Stalin was a very paranoid leader.He killed anybody that he thought would try to take his reign. This included many military leaders and government officials. During his reign, he collectivized farms and had potential enemies executed or sent them to labor
Many americans first started fearing communism between 1947 and 1948. They started fearing it because it was expanding through Europe. The Soviet Union was the biggest country that was led by a communist government during their time. The Soviet Union wanted Europe to only elect a communist leader. While the United States and Great Britain wanted Europe to have free elections. This is when the cold war first started.
In Greece, a civil war was happening …show more content…
and the Soviet Union. Germany had been split up into four groups. Each controlled by a different country. The Soviet Union controlled half of germany, while France, Great Britain, and the U.S. controlled the other sections. In 1948, France, Great Britain, and the U.S. eventually combined their governments into one to creat west germany, while the soviets controlled east germany. The Soviet Union opposed combining west germany. As a result of it the Soviet Union put up a blockade on Berlin. Berlin is the capital of Germany and was also split up between the country. Berlin was deep into Soviet land.
As a result of the blockade, the United States. and Great Britain started the Berlin airlift. This airlift dropped tons of supplies into Berlin by plains. It lasted for more than 10 months. They used over 200,000 flight carriers and dropped 2.3 million tons of supplies for Berlin. Since the Soviet were also trying to avoid a war, they gave in and lifted the blockade.
In 1949, Communist took over the Chinese government. It extremely strengthened the United States’s fear of communism.This was terrible news for the United States. for two reasons. First, it meant that their policy of containment was failing. It also meant that communist could take over a country as big as the united states of …show more content…
The Soviet Union was also known as the USSR. Joseph Stalin believed in heavy industrialization and military superpower.. Heavy industrialization is the manufacture of large, heavy articles and materials in bulk. This lead the Soviet Union to become a peasant society. He ruled by terror. He made all of his citizens fear him. Joseph Stalin was a very paranoid leader.He killed anybody that he thought would try to take his reign. This included many military leaders and government officials. During his reign, he collectivized farms and had potential enemies executed or sent them to labor