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Cold War
The nuclear arms race divided the world in a struggle as costly as any another war. East vs. West, Communism vs. Democracy, the Bear vs. the Eagle; all these were major factors in the lives of millions for 4 decades.
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Berlin wall which side was communist?
East was communist and run by the Soviets. The West side was run by the Allies and remained free of Communism.
What impact did the cold war have on third world countries?
East Asia
In East Asia, China fell to the Communists in 1949. The countries around 'Red China' hurried to form alliances either with the US or with each other against the threat. It is often noted that Japan (though not technically a developing country in the 1950s, but still struggling to rebuild after WW2) was helped in this respect by the conflict in Korea, which boosted Japanese exports - an oft-quoted example being early transistor radios for American GIs. South Korea itself directly received large amounts of US aid.
South East Asia
In South East Asia, the Cold War had widely differing effects. Vietnam suffered several decades of bloody conflict that cost the lives of millions of Vietnamese people, as the US and its allies tried - ultimately unsuccessfully - to prevent reunification of the country under a Communist government. This conflict spilled over into Laos and Cambodia, which also both turned Communist in the mid 1970s (at the same time as the war in Vietnam ended). In Cambodia, the Khmer Rouge, in attempting to implement an agrarian 'workers' paradise', killed millions of Cambodians through starvation and genocide - a legacy that means that Cambodia still ranks among the world's poorest countries.
In neighbouring Thailand though, the story was happier - American aid, economic and military, flowed in to prevent this 'bastion of democracy' from falling to Communism. This led to high economic growth, and Communism was successfully repulsed. Many note though that, ironically, in order to keep Communism out and 'democracy' in, the country was ruled for most of the latter 20th Century by a military junta (which only last year - 2006 - seized power again from the democratically elected government) Others note that increased Western influence in Thailand - in particular the presence of US military personnel - led directly to the rise of HIV AIDS and the sex industry in Thailand.
A similar story to the Philippines, where US support kept the highly corrupt and undemocratic Marcos in power for a generation. Like Thailand however, this must be viewed against a story of fairly high economic growth.
Further to the south in South East Asia, Malaysia (with British military assistance) successfully crushed a Communist insurgency in a long 'Emergency' that lasted over the 1950s. With Communism crushed, Malaysia successfully implemented a high growth strategy that even now propels it forwards in terms of economic growth, but as with Thailand, it's democratic records is more questionable. Indonesia's brutal suppression of domestic Communists (with a massive death toll) was so bloody as to equal some of the worst excesses of Communism elsewhere.
Central and South America
In Central (and to a lesser extent South) America, the struggle against Communism and Communist insurgencies lead to US interventions which often resulted in protracted and bloody civil wars.
Sub-Saharan Africa
Across sub-Saharan Africa did the Cold War have perhaps the most enduring negative impact on the developing world. Cold War rivalries encountered newly-independent countries still struggling to find their feet. Both Communists and the 'Free World' found their champions in either the governments or 'freedom movements' in each particular country. Arms, money and other forms of support flowed, and the picture was (and still is) complicated further by the resource-rich nature of many of the countries involved. The results were often catastrophic - Angola, for example, suffered one of the longest conflicts in modern history. Unlike in certain parts of East and South East Asia, there were very few Cold War 'success stories' in sub-Saharan Africa, as superpower interference had a negative influence almost everywhere.
Further reading
The seminal work on the effects of the Cold War on developing countries is Odd Arne Westad's 'The Global Cold War'. Published by Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9780521853644.
How many people has Stalin killed during his reign as dictator of the Soviet Union?
The generally accepted number is about 20 million.
The former Soviet Union lasted about how many years?
About 75 years, from its formation to its dissolution.
What countries were involved in the Cambodian war?
The "North Korean" side consisted of
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- People's Republic of China
- The Soviet Union
The "South Korean" side consisted of
- Republic of Korea
- Australia
- Belgium
- Canada
- Colombia
- Ethiopia
- France
- Greece
- Luxembourg
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Philippines
- South Africa
- Thailand
- Turkey
- United Kingdom
- United States
Naval Support and Military Servicing/Repairs:
- Japan
Medical staff:
- Denmark
- Italy
- Norway
- India
- Sweden
the main important ones were: United States, North Korea, South Korea, and The Soviet Union
china was a major player in this war sending 100,s of thousands of troops.
At the close of World War 2, Yugoslavia had managed to liberate itself from the Axis powers with only limited direct support from the Soviets. This meant that at the end of the war the Soviet Union did not have a military foothold in Yugoslavia and the Yugoslav Communists were not 'indebted' to the Soviet Union for helping to liberate their country.
What was the invasion of Hungary?
first answer:
When Germany invaded Hungary in 1944, Hungary had to be absorbed into the "axis countries". Hungary was then coerced to focus its economic capability and industrial assets to strengthening the Nazi.
second answer:
Germany invaded Hungary after Hungary tried to switch sides. Hungary was allied to Hitler (part of the axis) starting in 1941. Hungary's first step as a part of the Axis was during the German, Italian & Hungarian invasion of Yugoslavia in April 1941. Later, starting in 1941 the Hungarians joined Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union. Then in 1944 as the Soviets pushed Axis forces back westward towards Hungary, Romania & Bulgaria, these three nations tried to switch sides to appease Stalin, which angered Hitler. Bottom Line: Hungary was an Axis partner of Hitler throughout most of the war and had been assisting Hitler economically and sending Jews to German run death camps. The German invasion of Hungary in 1944 was not a major factor in the outcome of the war or a real factor in Hungary's post-war experiences.
When did the Korean War occur?
June 1950 to february 2005ceasefire was signed in July 1953
The Korean war started in 1910 and ended when World War II ended. It was a war between North and South Korea.
What was unusual about the relationship between the US and the Soviet Union?
For the most part, cold-but there were occasional periods of thawing when arms treaties were negotiated. At times, hot spots flared up, as in Korea and Vietnam, but they were contained so that they did not spread into a global conflagration. Finally, the Berlin Wall fell and the Cold War melted away.
How did Haym Salomon and Robert Morris help the revolutionary war?
Salomon (April 7, 1740 - January 6, 1785) was a Jew, born in Poland. He was a broker who worked with Robert Livingstone. the superintendent for finance for the 13 colonies. His most important contribution was to raise $20,000 from selling bills of exchange for Washington just prior to the Battle of Yorktown when Washington's army was destitute and troops were threatening to mutiny.
In all he raised over $650,000 for Washington from selling bills of exchange a personal loans.
What caused the fall of communism?
The fall of communism took place around 1989-1991 with the tearing down of the Berlin Wall, the collapse of the former Soviet Union, and it's satellite allies. This was a great and celebrated liberation, after decades of austere and difficult life behind the Iron Curtain for millions.
Now, apparently, there is a limitless number of uneducated and/or gullible idiots in the United States who want to bring it back! They may not directly come right out and say it, but it's happening at an alarming and breakneck pace. For all of it's flaws, having a free market economy is vastly superior, offering up a much more abundant lifestyle for those who work in and benefit from it. Most of the world does not live as well as we do in the United States and Europe, and some other free democracies. DO NOT take it for granted. We could just as easily lose it.
The Cold War is the name of the many conflicts and international disputes that took place in the latter half of the 20th century. The Cold War includes the Vietnam War, the Yom Kippur War, the Six Day War, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the Iranian Embassy Siege, the Korean War, and the Cuban Missile Crisis. The Cold War was mainly between the United States and the Soviet Union, who both had large stocks of nuclear weapons. The Cold War dissolved around 1991, when the Soviet Union collapsed.
Who was the U2 pilot that was shot down over the soviet Union?
Show down the Soviet Union??? Or shot down IN the Soviet Union? Are you asking about Gary Francis Powers?
How many were killed in the Vietnam War?
Dec 31, 1967
485,600 US troops in Vietnam
16,021 Killed in action to date
99,762 Wounded in action to date
58,148 Americans lost their lives by the end of the war
What circumstances prevented Mao's great leap forward from economic prosperity to china?
During the 1960's Red China and the Soviets, which border each other, were having some disputes. They actually had some border clashes in the 60's...we in the U.S. thought at one time that they might even go at it with nukes. Also people got mad that Mao wanted to create a modern communist society, by agriculturalization and industrialization.
What were the effects of the Korean War on other countries?
us-it cost us like $67 billion and from what i read 33-54 thousand American live
Which event was the first in a long line of cold war confrontations?
The Berlin Airlift in 1947 that lasted over a year. The Soviets blockaded Berlin from all approaches leading into the city in order to force out the Western Allies: U.S., Great Britain and France. It didn't work. Thousand upon thousands of airlifts, mainly coming from American transport planes, provided food and materials to the Berliners.
How could a young man be deferred from the draft?
Mentally or physically inferior or a college student.
Who became leader of the USSR after Gorbachev?
After 1991, the USSR ceased to exist. The 15 countries that made up the USSR (Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikstan, Turkemistan and Kyrgystan) declared independence.
About 1/2 of the population of the USSR lived in Russia, so often when people talk about the "History of Russia", they follow the fate of Russia after the union dissolved. So the person you're interested in is Boris Yeltsin, who became the President of the newly-independent Russia.
Witch Soviet leader was most responsible for the fall of Communism?
Mikhail Gorbachev was a key player in the eventual deconstruction of communism.
How did the soviet union explode its first atomic bomb?
The Soviet Union exploded their first atomic bomb for multiple reasons. Firstly, they wished to test their nuclear capabilities, and further refine their nuclear weapons. Secondly, they wished to say to the world, 'We have nuclear weapons!' This would allow them to have an extra bargaining chip in world discussions, and weakened the bargaining power of the US' nuclear weapons.
