HIS 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Berlin Wall, Axis Powers, Algerian War
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War in europe: axis powers: germany, italy, japan, allied powers: great britain, soviet union, and u. s, stalingrad 1942-43. Rebuilding europe: european landscape was destroyed from the fighting. Germany divided into 4 zones: split between british, french, u. s. , and soviets. Berlin (in soviet zone) is also split between the four countries. Eventually, three western zones of berlin become unified as west germany. 1961 east berlin builds berlin wall, dividing 2 sectors of berlin and making transport between the 2 extremely difficult and dangerous. Beginning of cold war: soviet union vs. u. s, europe divided. Western europe supports u. s: no physical fighting between the two countries. War in the nuclear age: the korean war: 1950-1953, results in establishment of north and south korea, north korea is communist, south korea is westernized. Patterns of decolonization: civil war: chinese revolution, nationalist vs. communist, communist victory in 1949, negotiated independence a.