Asian Proxy Wars
- Created by: Hannah Shanks-Boon
- Created on: 16-02-18 14:23
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- Proxy Wars -Asia
- Korea
- Worsened superpower relations
- USSR distrust in UN
- Divided into North and South in 1948
- First physical conflict in the cold war
- New weaponary
- eg advanced jet aircraft and faster tanks
- New weaponary
- New weaponary
- eg advanced jet aircraft and faster tanks
- Peace Treaty signed in 1953
- Kim II Sung- a soviet trained politician was leader of North Korea
- Directly asked for Stalin's help in 1949, with the invasion
- Syngman Rhee an anti-communist was leader of South Korea
- The In called for immediate withdrawal of N Korean troops from S Korea
- The USSR were boycotting the UN at the time so had no say in the decision
- USSR returned to UN and didn't miss any more important votes
- The USSR were boycotting the UN at the time so had no say in the decision
- Worsened superpower relations
- China
- 1945 a civil war started between Nationalists and Communists- in China
- 1950- USSR and China sighned a treaty of Friendship
- Truman's policy of containment in Asia seemed to have failed
- The UN refused to recognise the new Chinese leader and instead Chiang Kai-Shek represented China in In meetings
- Chiang Kai-Shek was exiled to Taiwan along with nationalists who retreated there in 1949
- This lead to the USSR boycotting the UN
- Vietnam
- The Viet Cong a group of communist fighters fought against French rule
- The USA provided financial aid to help France
- The Viet Cong used guerrilla tactics that were effective- they included using the US weapons against them
- The south was supported by USA
- The North was supported by China and the USSR
- The Viet Cong a group of communist fighters fought against French rule
- Korea
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