Want this question answered?
The cold war intensified when the USSR tested their bomb in 1949.
The Korean War is the primary example of how the Cold War turned hot in Asia. The South Koreans were aided by the United States, while the North Koreans were aided by the Soviet Union.
The cold war didn't go hot; if it did, it would've been called World War III. Therefore, there were two hot "battles" of the cold war; Korea and Vietnam. But Korea is not located in SEA (South East Asia); Korea is up the coast bordering Russia/China. Some people sometimes call them "hot wars" of the cold war. Korea & Vietnam were the "shooting portions" of the cold war.
Because Eissenhower didn't want communism to spread from Asia
the United States' support of South Vietnam.
cold war event surprised the United States in 1949?
No, 1949 was after WWII and about at the onset of the Cold War.
In September of 1949 Russia (the USSR then) tested its first atomic bomb, thus escalating the "cold war"
1949-1991, if it's your question.
1949 to 1989.
No, it was formed after World War II in 1949.
Just war
The cold war intensified when the USSR tested their bomb in 1949.
Vietnam War
because of the vietnam war and the korean war Binns Rocks
The cold war was about nuclear weapons; without nukes, there would have been no cold war. Only the US had nukes prior to 1949; the US was the most powerful nation on earth...in 1949 the Soviets (Russians) tested their first nuke. They had the "bomb" now. The power had shifted.
The Korean War is the primary example of how the Cold War turned hot in Asia. The South Koreans were aided by the United States, while the North Koreans were aided by the Soviet Union.