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Not to downplay the sacrifices made by the united states and the other western allies,
我們不低估美國以及其他的西方的聯盟國家所做的犧牲
but the soviet union bore by far, the brunt of the suffering, as many as 27 million soviet soldiers and civilians were killed, millions more injured,
但是至今來講，蘇聯遭受的苦難是最主要的，多達2700萬的士兵和平民犧牲，數以百萬的人受傷
all to go along with the damage to their country's infrastructure.
這還要加上對國家基礎設施的破壞
The USSR believed that its sacrifices entitled them to turn Eastern Europe into a network of client states.
蘇聯相信這些犧牲使其有權將東歐國家變成自己的附庸國
Not to be outdone, the United States and its allies took steps to ensure Western Europe's security,
不甘落后，美國及其聯盟采取了措施確保了西歐的安全
including the marshal plan and NATO the north Atlantic treaty organisation.
措施包括馬歇爾計劃，以及北大西洋公約組織的成立
Segment 24c: communism to the world.
24段第三部分：共產主義風潮在世界
Takes us east, specifically to China where the Chinese civil war of 1945 to 1949 was a great big proxy war.
讓我們轉向東方，特別關注一下中國，中國的內戰發生在1945年到1949年之間，這是一場大規模的代理人戰爭
Thanks to American support of Chiang Kai-Shek and soviet support of Mao Zedong
由于美國支持蔣介石，而蘇聯則支持毛澤東
When it ended in almost all but total victory for the communists, Chiang ran off to Taiwan, the United States was alarmed, rightly so.
戰爭結束時，共產黨取得了幾乎全部的勝利，蔣介石逃向臺灣，恰在此時，美國感到了警覺
When the North Koreans invaded South Korea on June 25th 1950, the response of the United Nations was conditioned by the United States.
在1950年的6月25日，當時北朝鮮入侵了南朝鮮，聯合國的回應受到美國的制約
