how did western democracies respond to the spread of communism in europe and around the world?

with trying to suppress them, leading to the korean war and vietnam war

Explanation:

in 476 c.e. romulus, the last of the roman emperors in the west, was overthrown by the germanic leader odoacer, who became the first barbarian to rule in rome. the order that the roman empire had brought to western europe for 1000 years was no more.