Compare And Contrast The Cold War In Asia And Africa
The Cold War became so violent in Asia and Africa due to the conflict between two competing blocs: capitalist democracies represented by the United States and Western Europe, and communist countries represented by the Soviet Union and China. Truman Doctrine’s speech started the Cold War. The difference between those two blocs in political direction and economic system provoked wars in Asia and Africa.
After the World War II, the world was been divided into two political system, capitalism, which represented by the United States, and communism, which represented by the Soviet Union. The Korean War was known as the first real armed proxy war of the Cold War between South Korea with assistance from the United States and North Korea with assistance from the Soviet Union and China. It was a violent fight with around 5 million people casualties. Internally, the leader of North Korea wanted to invade South Korea to reunite the Korean Peninsula, so the war was inevitable. Externally, the …show more content…
Indochina had important economic position for exporting rice and other cheap foodstuffs to other countries, like French, Japan, and Britain. Internally, in 1945, the leader of the Viet Minh declared the independence of Vietnam from France. However, France reassert its dominance over Vietnam. The fight began in 1946. Externally, after Mao’s communists controlled China, China started to send aid to Viet Minh. Then the United States started to send aid and funds to French to keep France in the economic orbit of the United States. The conflict between Indochina and French was transformed to a conflict between the United States and China, so the conflict was aggravated. Therefore, the economic burden caused conflicts between two competing blocs: capitalist democracies represented by the United States and Western Europe, and communist countries represented by the Soviet Union and
After the World War II, the world was been divided into two political system, capitalism, which represented by the United States, and communism, which represented by the Soviet Union. The Korean War was known as the first real armed proxy war of the Cold War between South Korea with assistance from the United States and North Korea with assistance from the Soviet Union and China. It was a violent fight with around 5 million people casualties. Internally, the leader of North Korea wanted to invade South Korea to reunite the Korean Peninsula, so the war was inevitable. Externally, the …show more content…
Indochina had important economic position for exporting rice and other cheap foodstuffs to other countries, like French, Japan, and Britain. Internally, in 1945, the leader of the Viet Minh declared the independence of Vietnam from France. However, France reassert its dominance over Vietnam. The fight began in 1946. Externally, after Mao’s communists controlled China, China started to send aid to Viet Minh. Then the United States started to send aid and funds to French to keep France in the economic orbit of the United States. The conflict between Indochina and French was transformed to a conflict between the United States and China, so the conflict was aggravated. Therefore, the economic burden caused conflicts between two competing blocs: capitalist democracies represented by the United States and Western Europe, and communist countries represented by the Soviet Union and