Cold War Summary

The Cold War started in 1947. There had been tension betweent the Untited States and the Soviet Union since World War 2 and so soon after the world war ended the Cold War began. After being allies in the world war, the Soviets and the US quickly became enemies when their common enemy was defeated. The Soviets were a big Communist country and the US did not want Commusnism to spread. The Soviets wanted to remain communist and to influence other countries into communism as well.
Our soldiers never fought the Soviets directly but the US did fight the Soviets communistic influence in other countries such as China and Korea. The US fought in Korea for the side that did not want communism to try and defeat the Communists. In China, there was a civil war. Nationalism vs. Communism. The US sided with the Nationalists even though their leader was a cruel man. The world was dived, those that were for communism and those that were against it.