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Following WWII
Europe after the war
• Allies divided Germany (and Berlin) into 4 sectors. France, US, Britain and Soviet Union each controlled one sector
Postwar Japan
• US took sole responsibility for rebuilding it• Douglas MacArthur was in charge of
supervising it• One of his first priorities was religion• Helped them write a new constitution, and
elect officials
Cold War
• Between the US and Soviet Union• Soviet Union was spreading its sphere of
influence• People feared another world war
• Under the Iron Curtain– Countries under Communist control
Berlin Airlift
• The Soviet Union stopped all use of their roads and rails into the East Germany
• Left people without food and supplies• Truman ordered airlift of food and supplies for
the next 321 days into West Berlin
Korean War
• North Korea was communist and South Korea was free
• North Korea invaded South Korea• US got involved• Commander was Douglas MacArthur
• Settled on the 38th Parallel as the boundary between North and South Korea