Threat of Communism in Asia

The Cold War (1947~1991) was a long war between the USSR (Russia) vs America with the two never engaging in direct combat but rather through sabotage and spies. This war led to the deaths of millions in Asia and Africa, affecting the whole world. The Cold War was also the 'Nuclear Arms Race' between Russia and America. Although Russia and America had been allies in WWI, it was only because they both shared a common enemy. Russia was also isolated at the end of WWII with America, Britain and France on one side while Russia is on the other side. This was because both sides wanted control over Germany but neither trusted each other. This rift led to the division of Germany, creating West Germany (US, UK and France) and East Germany (Russia). However, Russia thought it wasn't fair because Berlin, the capital city, was in West Germany so Berlin was also split which led to the building of the Berlin Wall.

Although both two sides have nuclear weapons, they don't want to destroy they world so they try to undermine each other. Also, as communism began to spread (domino theory) Russia formed the Soviet Union which is a group of communist countries. After the formation, America tried to split the Soviet Union through various methods. During the war, both sides began to look for other countries that have similar interests and they both formed alliances (safety in number). The two main alliances were: These two alliances began to fight and led to both trying to recruit new countries with Russia invading countries to get people to join them while America invading to prevent them from joining. Russia then tries to get Afghanistan to join by invading them but the Islamic country did not like communism as it didn't really follow a religion. America decided to help Afghanistan by supplying weapons and getting 'Bin Laden' in Saudi Arabia to organise the Afghanis and back the Taliban to fight the Russians. However, 'Bin Laden' decides to chase the Russians out and then attack America.
 * The Western Bloc (USA) - Various European countries, Australia and some Asian countries
 * The Eastern Bloc (USSR) - Eastern Europe (Poland) and other communist countries (China, Cuba)

Soon, communism began to spread to Vietnam and America invades Vietnam to prevent them from becoming Communist. In 1949, China became communist and this disturbed the Western Bloc because of the domino theory that the countries surrounding China would also become communist. This belief led Australia to become nervous that she would soon be surrounded by communist countries and also by the fact that Australia and New Zealand were isolated from most of the Wester Bloc.