How did the end of WWII shape the post-war world?
In 1945, the Allies, the US, Britain, France and Soviet Union divided Germany and other conquered lands, including the city of Berlin, sitting inside the Soviet sector of Germany, but divided so the Eastern half was controlled by Russia and Western half by the US, Britain and France. This became the Cold War. Other countries were divided, North and South Korea (I’m not sure when) and after the 1954 war with France, Vietnam was divided into Communist and non-Communist halves. There was a lot of tension, especially over Germany and Berlin. And in 1950 North Korea invaded South Korea. The war lasted 3 years but the tensions are never gone and as we have seen in the last year or so, pop up every now and then even today. The Vietnam War went on for many years, American advisers were there in the 1950’s and early 60’s, combat troops in 1965-1973 and the war itself ended with North Vietnam conquering the South in 1975. Tensions in Europe were probably at their peak 16 years after the war ende
