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= Domino Theory =

The Domio Theory was well known in the mid 20th century during The Cold War and The Vietnam War. The United States government believed when one country would go under communist control that other surrounding countries would do the same.

After the cold war several countries became communist including Poland, Hungry, China, and others. Germany had however split in two. The eastern side of Germany had became communist. The USSR had alot of control over the new communist countries. The USA started to worry bout the domino effect but by 1945 every country in easten Europe was under comminist control. The USA responded by passing the Truman Doctrine which stated that the US would give military and economic support. The Truman Doctrime helped Berlin when the Soviets ordered a blockade and it lasted 35 days. The US had air flighted 5,000 tons of food into Berlin everyday.
 * The USSR then invaded North Korea and the US invaded the South. North Korea was under communist control and South Korea was under democratic control. After fighting both countries reached a ceasefire in 1953.

The US then got invloved in the Vietnam war because of the Domino Theory. In the end 58,000 American lives were lost, over 300,000 Americans were wounded and an estimated 1.9 million military and civilian deaths occurred during the Vietnam War throughout Indochina because of the Domino Theory.

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