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Effects of
WWII
Germany
• Nuremberg Trials• Nov. 20, 1945 &
Oct. 1, 1946• Adolf Eichman –
Creator of the Final Solution
• Herman Goring – Commander of the Luftwaffe
• Cities in ruin• Yalta Conference• Feb 1945• The Big 3 –
Churchill, Stalin, FDR
• Who will lead occupied nations (popular sovereignty)
• Potsdam Conference• July 1945• The Big 3 – Atlee,
Stalin, Truman• Poland’s borders drawn• Germany divided into 4
zones• USSR allowed
reparations from East Germany
United Kingdom
• Devastated from Luftwaffe Blitz
• Phased out imperial holdings OR gave colonies home rule
• Created power vacuum
France
• Punished those who collaborated with Nazis
Philippe Pétain in charge of Vichy France
• Gave up most colonies• Held on to
Algiers and Vietnam
Japan
• Cities in ruin• Hiroshima & Nagasaki
• Military leaders tried and punished• Emperor
retained position• Hirohito – Living god
• US Military Rule• MacArthur
occupied Japan• Helped write new
Constitution
united soviet socialist republic
• Western region devastated
• Large, powerful army built
• Occupied most of Eastern Europe
• Weapons• Amphibious tanks (DUKW)• Newly designed aircraft carriers• Improved hand guns• Jets • Cruise missiles=V1 Rockets• Ballistic missiles=V2 Rockets• A-bomb
Technology
" I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but world War IV will be fought
with sticks and stones.“Einstein
TechnologyPenicillin – Discovered 1928, presented 1929, massively distributed during WWII
Electronics advancements
Computers ENIAC -- 27 tons, used for calculations for the creation the hydrogen bomb
International Relations
Human Civilization Threatened
United Nations• Created Israel 1948• Mediates Conflict• Established a World Bank• Universal Declaration of Human Rights
IMF – International
Monetary Fund
GATT – General Agreement on
Tariff Trade 1948