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Title: The Cold War, Communism vs Capitalism notes
Description: Year 10 level of history notes explaining WW2 and Australia's Involvement.

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The  Cold  War:  Communism  versus  Capitalism  


In  1917,  Russia  became  the  first  communist  nation  ever  



During  WW2,  despite  being  communist,  the  USSR  was  our  ally  against  Germany  and  Hitler  



After  WW2,  the  Russians,  British,  French  and  Americans  couldn’t  all  agree  on  how  to  cooperate  or  
what  to  do  with  Germany
...
 Most  ‘western’  countries  
are  capitalist  (western  Europe,  America,  Australia  etc)  



COMMUNISM  =  a  type  of  economy  where  businesses  are  run  by  the  government  (no  private  
ownership)
...
 
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Russia  had  a  communist  economy  and  political  system  

 


CAPITALISM  =a  type  of  economy  in  a  society  where  businesses  are  privately  owned  and  run  for  profit
...
   
o Capitalist  countries  mostly  have  a  democratic  government    like  Australia,  Britain,  USA  
o Modern  China  is  an  example  of  a  communist  government  with  a  capitalist  economy
...
 It  involved  competitive  
developments  such  as  the  arms  race  (weapons),  and  space  race  (space/science)
...
 



The  Cold  War  featured  several  ‘hot’  wars:  battles  fought  between  the  superpowers  and  their  allies  to  
protect  their  own  interests  and  save  their  own  political  systems
...
 Korean  War,  Malayan  Emergency,  Vietnam  War  are  all  examples  of  hot  wars  during  the  Cold  
War  era  



The  Cold  War  began  after  WW2  (1945)  in  the  ‘post  war  era’  when  USA  and  USSR  couldn’t  come  to  a  
post  war  agreement  for  relations
...
 
o The  Berlin  Wall  which  separated  communist  East  Germany  and  Europe  from  capitalist  West  
Germany  and  Europe  was  broken  down  in  1989
...
 The  
Russian  Federation  was  independent  nation  with  other  ‘new’  nations  emerging  from  the  USSR  
such  as  Lithuania,  Latvia,  Estonia,  Kazakhstan  etc  


Title: The Cold War, Communism vs Capitalism notes
Description: Year 10 level of history notes explaining WW2 and Australia's Involvement.