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China: Emergence of a Communist Nation
Mao Zedong made a Communist one-party totalitarian state in the People’s Republic of China. Communist ideology guided the government’s efforts to reshape the economy and society that China had inherited from the dynastic period. The Communist government discouraged the practice of Buddhism, Confucianism, and other traditional Chinese beliefs. Meanwhile, the government seized the property of rural landlords and urban business owners throughout China. Opponents of the Communists were put down. -
The Korean War Part 1
In 1950, Kim Il Sung called for a “heroic struggle” to reunite Korea. North Korean troops attacked in June of that year and shortly overtook most of the south. The United Nations Security Council denounced the invasion. The United States then created a United Nations force to help South Korea. United Nations forces comprised mostly of Americans and South Koreans. -
The Korean War Part 2 and the Armstice
The success of the U.S. led forces startled China. In late November, Mao Zedong sent hundreds of thousands of Chinese troops to help the North Koreans. In tough winter fighting, the Chinese and North Koreans forced United Nations troops back to the south of the 38th parallel. The Korean War turned into a stalemate and both sides signed an armistice. Nearly two million North Korean and South Korean troops remained dug in on either side of the demilitarized zone, near the 38th parallel. -
The Vietnam Part 1
Since there never was a declaration of war and American military advisers were present very early in Vietnam, the commencement date of the Vietnam War is a matter for debate. The Department of Defense officially lists American deaths in Vietnam from November 1, 1955: which now could be now considered as the start date of the Vietnam conflict to be precise. They drafted ⅓ of the troops that fought in the Vietnam war and every 1/10 was injured or killed in the conflict. -
Berlin Wall
In between the years of 1949 and 1961, over 2 million East Germans had fled to West Germany in hopes of escaping the communist led state of East Germany. In a direct response to the escapes, East Germany built a wall in Berlin separating the East Germany from West Germany. The Berlin soon came to represent the Cold War and the struggle between communism and democracy. -
The Vietnam War Part 2
The domino theory was the idea view that a communist victory in South Vietnam would cause noncommunist nations across Southeast Asia to become communist which pressured America into war. After many years of fighting, the fierce guerrilla war led by the Viet Cong was successful against U.S led troops. This eventually led to the Paris Peace Accords ending American involvement in Vietnam on August 15, 1973. Two years after American troops had withdrawn, the North Vietnamese conquered South Vietnam. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall stood until November 9, 1989, when the head of the East German Communist Party announced that citizens of the East Germany could cross the border whenever they pleased. The opening of the borders between East and West Germany signified the end of the Cold War. -
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