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Chapter 39: Falling and Reinforcing - Coggle Diagram
Chapter 39: Falling and Reinforcing
The downfall of China
By 1949, Communist takes over, and the containment of China is lost.
America sends billions of dollars worth of military supplies and weapons over, but NO TROOPS TO HELP!
A fight for control is brewing between Nationalists and Communists, with communists on the rise.
Korea's struggle against....itself
The Nation is divided among other nations to help them rebuild, with the North under the protection of the USSR and communists, and the south under the control of the US and democracy
BOTH SIDES WANTED TO REUNIFY UNDER THEIR OWN RULE. (yes thats an issue)
Problems started quick with Korea, as they leadership was MIA because of WWII and Japan
The Cold War is gettin HOT
Starting with small skirmsishes at the border, until 1950 when war breaks out between North and South. North is backed by the soviets and China, while south is backed by the US
THE RESULTS ARE IN. The war ends with a stalemate, with both sides still split the same way.
There are no direct issues between the USSR and America, but proxy wars, conflict through representation, exist at the time
America's fearful years
Brinkmanship is adopted by Pres. Eisenhower, as he takes the US navy and army troops from around the world. This is to use the threat of brinkmanship. Air raids become a common thing in America
Containment needs to become a world wide thing. Soviets cannot keep their influence in other countries. Middle East and Latin America become front runners in the soviets take over, must protect them.
America's facing fearful days, and won't stop reinforcing that we can take a fight. The H-Bomb is created, which held 67 times the power of the atom bomb.
THE MORTALITY OF THIS WAS DEBATED
November 1st, 1952, we successfully detonate the first H-Bomb
The U-2 incident: Francis Gary Powers was a U-2 pilot that was doing a mission in Soviet Airspace with a plane that could not be detected. It was detected, and the plane was shot down on May 1st, 1960, making him parachute into Soviet territory, and be sentenced to 10 years in Soviety Prison. He serves 21 months before we exchange him with a Soviet Prisoner we have.