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