2. Ending the War  Germany and Berlin divided into 4 zones  Nuremberg Trials  United Nations – international peace organization  Security Council – U.S., Britain, France, USSR, China

3. Creation of Israel  Britain controls Palestine after WWI – gives up power after WWII to the UN  UN divides Palestine into two parts – Jewish and Arab  Israel officially created May 14, 1948  Set up first Arab-Israeli War (May – Dec 1948)

4. Cold War Beginnings  Struggle for power and control  United States (capitalism, democracy) vs. Soviet Union (communism)  North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) vs. Warsaw Pact  “Iron Curtain” – Winston Churchill  Truman Doctrine  U.S. foreign policy – “containment” of communism

5. “Hot Wars”  Korean War  Divided into communist North and non- Communist South  June 1950 – North attacks South to unite Korea under communist control  U.S. leads UN forces to stop invasion  Stalemate in end – remains divided at 38 th parallel – demilitarized zone (DMZ) created

6.  Vietnam War (Indochina)  At first, Ho Chi Minh leads Vietminh fight against French for independence  French defeated – Vietnam divided  U.S. gets involved – fear of communism spreading to South Vietnam  First troops sent by LBJ in 1964  U.S. removes troops in 1973