POST WAR WORLD 1946 1959
COLD WAR IN ASIA
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The Soviet Union influenced Africans to support communism by providing money for education.
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The United States created a political alliance that united all democratic nations of Africa.
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The United States used African colonies as locations to test new atomic weapons.
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The Soviet Union took over land in Africa to get raw materials and set up markets.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The effects of the Cold War on Africa were stifling. In many respects. It was a second scramble for Africa. The great powers (in this case the Soviet Union and the U.S.) wanted Africa simply to prevent each other from possessing it African economic and political development was hindered; independence was often delayed.
Detailed explanation-2: -After 1945, Africa became caught up in the confrontation between America and the Soviet Union, the so-called Cold War. Anti-Communism informed almost every aspect of the South African government’s foreign policy and much of its domestic policy.
Detailed explanation-3: -Despite the widely reported Soviet support for the ANC and otherwise liberation movements, the Soviet Union also engaged in some trade with South Africa during the apartheid era, mostly involving arms and some mineral resources.
Detailed explanation-4: -Soldiers of the Soviet Union and the United States did not do battle directly during the Cold War. But the two superpowers continually antagonized each other through political maneuvering, military coalitions, espionage, propaganda, arms buildups, economic aid, and proxy wars between other nations.