Immediately after the allies rose victorious of the Nazis and the rest of the axis powers. A potentially more dangerous and devastating war broke out. This war, however was a battle about ideology and cultural habits and ways. This war would be against one of our crucial allies during WWII, the soviets. The tension broke out early after the russians had conquered their way back into the German heartland and had captured Berlin. But afterwards they would be hesitant to give all the land they had gained. Although, Stalin had promised to give it up and let them hold democratic elections and principles, he soon would renounce those words and make the territories satellite states. This is the formation of the iron curtain. But this or other events
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It was the least frightening of all of them. But nonetheless, some of the events did cause fear and increase anxiety. Such as the Berlin Airlift, as many of us know that Germany was separated into east and west. In document D you can see that in the heart of east Germany the capital is also split up into east and west(Doc D). This led to the Berlin blockade where Stalin closed all roadways into east berlin, so they could not get supplies. This really increased American anxiety because this was the first act of power or hostile act performed by the soviets. Although this was the first act of aggression. The fall of China is really something that caused anxiety for many Americans. Because China is a big country like us and resembled us in a lot of ways. So, them falling to communism made a lot of people think that we could fall in the same way they did. But the one event that really did scare a lot of people is the Korean War. It did this for a few reasons, one being this was the first major war in the cold war and another being it showed the might of the soviet’s and China’s communist regimes(Doc H). This was a scary time for Americans but it wouldn’t hold a candle to the thought of there being spies in our own country or the idea that the world could end in nuclear
It was the least frightening of all of them. But nonetheless, some of the events did cause fear and increase anxiety. Such as the Berlin Airlift, as many of us know that Germany was separated into east and west. In document D you can see that in the heart of east Germany the capital is also split up into east and west(Doc D). This led to the Berlin blockade where Stalin closed all roadways into east berlin, so they could not get supplies. This really increased American anxiety because this was the first act of power or hostile act performed by the soviets. Although this was the first act of aggression. The fall of China is really something that caused anxiety for many Americans. Because China is a big country like us and resembled us in a lot of ways. So, them falling to communism made a lot of people think that we could fall in the same way they did. But the one event that really did scare a lot of people is the Korean War. It did this for a few reasons, one being this was the first major war in the cold war and another being it showed the might of the soviet’s and China’s communist regimes(Doc H). This was a scary time for Americans but it wouldn’t hold a candle to the thought of there being spies in our own country or the idea that the world could end in nuclear