Domino,
Mall
Marshall Plan
Berlin
Truman
1989
Containment
Eastern
Great Britain
Blockade
Commenist
Airlift China
Mao Zedong
People's Republic of China
Chiang KaiShek
- Regime
Taiwan
USA
After World War II, the US planned to stop the spread of communism with the
, which promised economic aid to any country as long as they promised to remain
democratic. Another plan called the
Doctrine promised economic and
military aid to any country threatened by communism or dictatorship. Overall, these
plans wanted to keep communism bottled up. Many people believed that
once one country fell to communism, the entire region would. This theory is known as
theory.
The United States, France and the USSR controlled the
controlled the western part of Germany while part. The USSR forced a
government on
the East Germans. The capital of Germany,
, was in the Soviet
occupation zone and was also divided. The Soviets tried to force the French, British and Americans out of Berlin in 1948 with a
, which prevented
the Allies from getting supplies to their part of the city. Led by the USA, supplies were flown into West Berlin in an operation called the Berlin
. The Soviets
finally stopped the blockade, but in 1961 the Soviets built a
to divide East and West Berlin and stop East Berliners from
fleeing to freedom in West Berlin. The wall stood until
when East Germany's communist government
collapsed and Germany was reunited.
Before the outbreak of World War II,
ina
was fighting a civil war. The Nationalist forces were led by
and the communist forces were led by
• Communist forces gained control of the
mainland and established the Chione Kei sheR
→ while
the Nationalist forces moved to the island of
and claimed to be the true Chinese government. The USSR recognized Mao's communist regime, while the USA Regime
recognized Chiang Kai Shek's
as the rightful government of China.
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