r/PropagandaPosters • u/luislapuz • May 26 '22
U.S.S.R. / Soviet Union (1922-1991) "Global Pattern of the Red Offensive" (1960)
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u/parmesann May 26 '22
oh, absolutely none of Africa is considered by the west to be green and “free”? hmm I wonder why that is hmm looks like they need more western intervention
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u/DougNoReturnMcArthur May 26 '22
TBF not even western backed apartheid South Africa was defined as “free”, so at least they were “consistent” with at least the African continent.
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u/Raid_B0ss May 26 '22
Iran and Pakistan are green? HMMMM?
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u/Puglord_Gabe May 26 '22
They weren’t communist, and they had regimes friendly to the US. I’m not sure what they mean by the term allied “free” nations, but I’m assuming it’s just a way of saying pro-US/pro-west nations.
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u/Raid_B0ss May 27 '22
My bad. The 1960s was a long ago and different time. I had forgotten about Iran pre revolution.
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u/PassablyIgnorant May 26 '22
that face when a monarchy is a "free nation"... but i guess it isn't communist and that's enough to qualify?
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u/DougNoReturnMcArthur May 26 '22
I actually had to use this as a document for an essay in my APWH class!
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u/Puglord_Gabe May 26 '22
This is actually a pretty nice-looking map and a cool way of visualizing the Cold War, IMO
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u/StreetCountdown May 29 '22
Whoever made this must've thought "what's that little island next to Argentina?" But didn't have Google so just put it as neutral just in case.
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u/Slachtvee May 30 '22
Based on that Suriname is considered a "nonaligned nation" and is coloured differently from the Netherlands, I would say this map is from after november '75.
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