Korea was the first hot spot of the cold war. What began as a civil war became the cold war when the US and its allies united under the flag of the United Nations and backed South Korea while the Soviet Union and China supported North Korea.
US Civil War 1861-1865.
Spanish Civil War 1936-1939Germany and Italy backed Franco as he sought to overthrow the Loyalist (Republican) regime, which was ironically being helped by the Soviet Union. The US was still determined to stay out of the European war, which meant a victory for the Fascists and the further encouragement of the ambitions of Hitler and Mussolini.
The united states sent hundreds of thousands of U.S. soldiers to fight in the war
The US Civil War was an un-declared war.
the nationalists, led by jiang jieshi
The republic of South Korea backed by the US and communist North Korea backed by communist china.
chiang kai-shek
They had a civil war between communist north and democratic south (backed by the US)
Vietnam, Korea, China (in Korean War) and they backed the Bay of Pigs Invasion into Cuba.
Taiwan, formerly known as Formosa, also called Nationalist China.
Korea was the first hot spot of the cold war. What began as a civil war became the cold war when the US and its allies united under the flag of the United Nations and backed South Korea while the Soviet Union and China supported North Korea.
The CCP won the civil war. Mao Zedong proclaimed the People's Republic of China in October of 1949.
The US backed Nationalist leader Generalissimo Chang Kai-Shek over Communist leader Mao Zedong.
The U.S. was allied to the Nationalist part of china.
the U.S had 500 troops already stationed in Japan
After WW2 the United Nations began a policy of containment to prevent the spread of Communism. The Chinese civil war involved government nationalists and communist guerrilas. The US supported the nationalists to try to stop the communist takeover.