HIS 615 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Allies Of World War Ii, Korean War, Alger Hiss
23 Jan 2021
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The origins: america was the epitome of capitalism vs. the communism and russian. Germany: a confrontation between the satellites, ussr and the west, ivor gouzenko, 1946 upon learning he would be sent back to russia, he defected, taking documents on what the. Soviet union was doing in the west to expose them: ally becoming enemy, 1948: berlin was well inside the area taking by the russian troops in. Wwii: allies wanting to get germany back on its feet started combining sectors including in berlin, stalin saw the satellite colonies as a buffer against the west. Americans saw it as the expansion of communism: 1950: korean war (korea was controlled by japan during the war; at the end the russians took the northern half and the south was taken by the. Americans: russians used north korean leader as a puppet, allies sent in help to stop north korea from invading the south, though they couldn"t win.
