Why were Americans more likely to support anti-Communism in the early 1950s than in 1945?
Certainly the guy above is correct. Basically, in 1945 the US, UK and Soviet Union were allies against the Axis Powers, mainly Nazi Germany and her allies. Communism wasn’t seen as much of a threat in 1945, as we were all fighting on the same side. That changed immensely over the course of five years due to the following events: * Churchill mentioned that an Iron Curtain had descended over Europe. The Soviet Union had seized territory in countries such as Hungary, Poland and Czechoslovakia. Therefore there was the implication that a lot of secrecy and malpractice was going on behind this “Iron Curtain”. * In Greece, the Nazis had been defeated, however both the UK and US were supporting Anti-Communist partisans who were seen in media as defending freedom.The communists were seen as being perpetrators of atrocities over there. * Communism began to be seen as a major threat to Capitalism, with countries such as China, North Korea and Eastern Europe being seen as part of a “red peril”.Als
