Download World War II

Bell 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 WWII
Recovery
Today’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 Wars
Only a few great cities in Europe remained
undamaged by the war.
Most of Europe lay in ruins.
Outcomes of WWII
European powers'
lost their empires.
1.

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.
Outcomes of WWII
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)
Goring
Before & After
Outcomes of WWII
4. Division of Europe--Iron Curtain
 Represents 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"
The Iron Curtain serves to keep people in
…. and information out.
Outcomes of WWII
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."
The UN is based in New York City
Outcomes of WWII
6. The Marshall Plan
 June 1947, U.S. Secretary of State George Marshall
proposed that America give aid to any European
country that needed it.
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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 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.
The Geneva Convention
 Purpose: To ensure the humane treatment of
prisoners of war by establishing rules to be followed
by all nations.
 During WWII:
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Prisoners in Europe were treated OK (in general).
Prisoners in Japan were treated with savagery.
VS.
Efforts to Reconstruct Germany
1. Democratic government
installed in West Germany &
West Berlin
2. Germany & Berlin divided
among the four Allied Powers
Post-War West Germany
 West Germany quickly emerged as an
economic power in post-war Europe
 Cars
 Steel
 Coal
Efforts to Reconstruct Japan
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
General Douglas
MacArthur
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 postwar reconstruction
 Churchill, Roosevelt &
Stalin
 February 1945
Soviet control
of Eastern
Europe!@#%!
Not on
my
watch!
20th-Century History: 1945-1989: The Cold War
 Chapter 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!