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Bell Ringer – March 19 & 20Bell Ringer – March 19 & 20
What was the name for the invasion of Normandy?
Which president decided to drop the Atomic Bombs on Japan?
What were the major reasons he made the decision?
Post WWIIPost WWIIRecovery
Today’s ObjectivesToday’s Objectives
Identify the major outcomes of World War II.Explain the purpose of the Geneva
Convention.Describe the efforts to reconstruct Germany.Describe the efforts to reconstruct Japan.Explain the purpose of Yalta Conference and
identify the main players.Evaluate how the losers of WWII were
treated compared to losers of WWI.
Death Toll of the World WarsDeath Toll of the World Wars
Only a few great cities in Europe remained undamaged by the war.
Most of Europe lay in ruins.
Outcomes of WWIIOutcomes of WWII
1. European powers' lost their empires.
Where?
2. Two major WORLD powers were established: The United States & the U.S.S.R.
Political Economic
U.S. vs. U.S.S.R.
3. War Crimes Trials Held in Nuremburg, Germany in 1945-1946 22 Nazi leaders were put on trial. Accused of violating the laws of war and
committing "crimes against humanity" (murder of 11 million people)
Outcomes of WWIIOutcomes of WWII
Goring Goring Before & AfterBefore & After
Goring Goring Before & AfterBefore & After
4. Division of Europe--Iron CurtainRepresents Europe's division between a mostly
democratic Western Europe & communist Eastern Europe.
Iron curtain speech, given by Winston Churchill, on March 5, 1946.
"From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic an iron curtain has descended across the Continent"
Outcomes of WWIIOutcomes of WWII
The Iron Curtain serves to keep people The Iron Curtain serves to keep people in …. and information out.in …. and information out.
5. Establishment of the United Nations (UN)
An international organization that was intended to protect the members against aggression.
50 nations that signed the UN charter pledged "to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war."
Outcomes of WWIIOutcomes of WWII
The UN is based in New York City
6. The Marshall PlanJune 1947, U.S. Secretary of State George
Marshall proposed that America give aid to any European country that needed it.
This became known as the Marshall Plan.Marshall Plan: $13 billion in aid given to
Europe.Aid included: food, machines, and rebuilding
materials.
Outcomes of WWIIOutcomes of WWII
7. Formation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) & Warsaw Pact
Rival alliances developed post WWII.NATO was developed to protect any nation
who was attacked.Soviet Union viewed NATO as a threat and
developed an alliance known as the Warsaw Pact.
Outcomes of WWIIOutcomes of WWII
The Geneva Convention
Purpose: To ensure the humane treatment of prisoners of war by establishing rules to be followed by all nations.
During WWII: Prisoners in Europe were treated OK (in general). Prisoners in Japan were treated with savagery.
VS.
1. Democratic government installed in West Germany & West Berlin
2. Germany & Berlin divided among the four Allied Powers
Efforts to Reconstruct GermanyEfforts to Reconstruct Germany
Post-War West Germany
West Germany quickly emerged as an economic power in post-war Europe Cars Steel Coal
1. U.S. occupied Japan during Truman administration
2. Democracy & economic development
3. Eliminated Japan’s offensive military capabilities
• U.S. guaranteed Japan's security
Efforts to Reconstruct JapanEfforts to Reconstruct Japan
General Douglas General Douglas MacArthurMacArthur
Post-War Japan
Japan emerged as the dominant economy in Asia
By the 1970s, Japan was a world leader in autos and high tech fields
Today, Japan and Germany are two of the strongest democracies in the world
—thanks in large part to America forcing it
upon them after WWII.
Beginning of the Cold War
Yalta Conference was a meeting to discuss post-war reconstruction Churchill, Roosevelt
& Stalin February 1945
Soviet Soviet control of control of Eastern Eastern
Europe!@#%!Europe!@#%! Not on my
watch!
20th-Century History: 1945-1989: The Cold WarChapter 1: The Cold War: World War II Ends and
the Allied Powers' Friendship Crumbles (1945)
Reflection
In your journal, answer:Which do you think is the better way to treat
a losing country, the way the losers were treated after WWI or the way they were treated after WWII? Provide details to explain why you think so.
Homework
Complete the Study Guide and study it.Bring any questions you have to next class.Test is next class!
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