Question

During the Cold War, what was the Soviet Union’s main objective in engaging in proxy wars against the United States?

to free colonial countries
to empower developing nations
to spread communism
to end democracy

Answer 1

to spread communism

The Soviet Union supported proxy wars to expand its ideological and geopolitical influence by backing communist movements and allied regimes, countering U.S. power and preventing capitalist/democratic influence from gaining ground (e.g., Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Angola).