Churchill warns the world. The United States adopts the Truman Doctrine and plans to bolster economic recovery in Europe. Stalin sees this as a threat and forbids his satellites to participate. The Soviets blockade in the city. The allies airlift supplies.
Soviet scientists explode an atom bomb.
Now there is nuclear parity. America, with United Nations backing, defends South Korea and confronts China. There is stalemate at Panmunjom. Eventually an armistice is signed. The world is polarized across an ideological divide.