Cold War
...program had the same idea, but extended it to aid the rest of the non-communist world. NATO would provide the security needed to stop Soviet tanks from moving on Western Europe. Though the plans were in effect to stop Stalin in Europe his influence made its way to China where communistic supporters of Mao Zedong drove out the pro-western government of Jiang Jieshi from mainland China, Truman saw this as another example of a monolithic communist plot to control the world. When Jiang fled to the islands of Taiwan and established a rump Republic of China, Truman ordered the Seventh Fleet between Taiwan and the mainland to ensure its independence. Meanwhile in Mainland China Zedong established the People’s Republic of China and signed a mutual-assistance treaty with the Soviet Union. In that same year the Soviet Union detonated an atomic bomb immediately the balance of power became more balanced. With the two actions, the soviet bomb and the fall of China, many Americans were convinced of a worldwide communist conspiracy and that would engulf the U.S. into an all-consuming global struggle. As a result of World War II, Berlin was divided into four occupation zones, with Great Britain, France, and America combining their zones. These three nations used Marshall Plan funds to stimulate a economic recovery in the western half of the city. Due to this Stalin was determined to stop the process of a revitalized Germany, took Berlin hostage and ...