The Cold War and Korea WWII ends somewhat successfully for the Allies • Stalin (Communist) and the US and Britain (Capitalist/Democratic) were at odds politically • had trouble dividing up control of Germany • had conflict over rebuilding European countries ravaged by war Soviets promised to cooperate… but everything crumbles Soviets distrusted the US, the US thought the Soviets were trying to create a total Communist dictatorship (they were) The conflict created is known as The Cold War
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The Cold War and Korea WWII ends somewhat successfully for the Allies Stalin (Communist) and the US and Britain (Capitalist/Democratic) were at odds politically.
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The Cold War and KoreaWWII ends somewhat successfully for the Allies• Stalin (Communist) and the US and Britain (Capitalist/Democratic) were
at odds politically• had trouble dividing up control of Germany• had conflict over rebuilding European countries ravaged by war
Soviets promised to cooperate… but everything crumbles
Soviets distrusted the US, the US thought the Soviets were trying to create a total Communist dictatorship (they were)
The conflict created is known as The Cold War
The Cold War
Western Bloc – the US and its AlliesEastern Bloc – Communist nations led by the Soviet Union
It was a delicate balance between the two groups – the US already had atomic weapons – Stalin ordered Soviet scientists to develop them
Iron CurtainSoviet Union tightens its grip on Eastern Europe• they’d driven Nazis
out of Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and Poland but instead of allowing elections (as they promised) Stalin forced Communist pro-Soviet regimes there as well as East Germany
Why?
Soviets insisted they needed a buffer to protect themselves from the West
Truman Doctrine & Policy of ContainmentAmerican leaders were convinced of a policy of containment• to keep Russians under control• prevent the spread of Communism• strengthening non-Communist countries surrounding the Soviet Union
What does this lead to???
Truman Doctrine• asked the Federal government to aid free peoples who are resisting
attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures(subjugation: forced submission to control by others)
• commits to contain communism where it threatens to spread
What does this lead to???
The Marshall Plan
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(presented by George C. Marshall – Truman’s Secretary of State)• Europe is a hot mess post-
World War II• Marshall Plan proposes
massive financial aid to rebuild economy and infrastructure in Europe
• (Soviets saw it as an American ploy to spread
western ideas)• huge success – political stability was gained and created a fresh
market for American goods and capitalist economies
1949 – China comes under communist control• Mao Zedong takes control of new People’s Republic of China and allied with Stalin
Communism is spreading now to…
KoreaKorea had been divided among allies after WWII• North (above the 38th Parallel of Latitude) controlled by Soviets, south by
democratic Allies• naturally, Soviets install a communist dictatorship in the north – which remains today
1949 – North Korean dictator Kim Il-Sung invades South Korea. (his grandson, Kim Jong-
un is dictator today)
President Truman orders American troops to aid South Korean forces without a formal declaration of war from Congress.
Truman saw it as a “police action” to contain the spread of communism.
Americans with United Nations troops under the direction of General Douglas MacArthur (remember him???) lost badly in the 1st two months
MacArthur executed a daring plan – an amphibious landing and invasion at Inchon recapturing the capital of Seoul.