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WWII Aftermath

WWII Aftermath. Text Chapter 32.5. REVIEW. Winter 1945—Hitler’s Ardennes Offensive fails, & Allies advance on Berlin from East & West. Hitler kills himself and the 3 rd Reich surrenders May 7, 1945. V-E Day: 5/9/45

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WWII Aftermath

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  1. WWII Aftermath Text Chapter 32.5

  2. REVIEW • Winter 1945—Hitler’s Ardennes Offensive fails, & Allies advance on Berlin from East & West. Hitler kills himself and the 3rd Reich surrenders May 7, 1945. V-E Day: 5/9/45 • U.S. takes Iwo Jima & Okinawa (760, & 350 miles from Japan). August 1945—Truman drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima & Nagasaki. Japan surrenders 9/2

  3. Europe in Ruins • 60 million dead, 50 million refugees • Cities decimated (London, Berlin, Warsaw). Lack of intact homes, food, water, or electricity in many cities • Agriculture disrupted, and transportation systems destroyed • New regimes in Germany, Italy, and France. Communist party membership momentarily skyrockets

  4. Japan Occupied • Japan is stripped of its colonies and MacArthur takes charge of the Allied occupation of Japan • Japan demilitarizes • Americans oversee the creation of a new Japanese constitution, creating a constitutional monarchy. • Emperor declares he is not divine, and all people over the age of 20 are allowed to vote for parliament • MacArthur broadens land ownership • U.S. is allowed a continuing military presence in Japan

  5. War Criminals Prosecuted • Nuremberg Trials: Nazi war criminals tried for waging a war of aggression and for committing “Crimes against Humanity” • 22 are convicted and sentenced to death/imprisonment (Hitler, Himmler, Goebbels all had already killed themselves). • MacArthur brought war criminals to trial in Japan. Hideki Tojo (Japanese wartime Premier), and 6 others sentenced to death

  6. Lasting Legacy • U.S. and U.S.S.R emerge from the war as the world’s 2 dominant powers • Differences in economic and political ideologies eventually lead to the escalation of the cold war.

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