EFFECTS OF WWII

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EFFECTS OF WWII
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Effects of WWII

• Defeat of Fascist leaders in Europe and Japan
• Devastation and loss of life in Europe and East
  Asia
• Development of nuclear weapons and atomic energy
• Recognition of the Holocaust and Nuremberg Trials
• Rise of the United States and Soviet Union as
  Super Powers COLD WAR

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FASCIST DICTATORS IN EUROPE AND MILITARISTS IN
JAPAN DEFEATED
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EUROPE AND JAPAN IN RUINS61 MILLION DEAD
Dresden, Germany Feb 1945 130,000 die in fire
bombing
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Nuremberg Trials NAZI LEADERS CHARGED WITH
CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITYNAZIS HELD ACCOUNTABLE
FOR HOLOCAUST
Some of the defendants at Nuremberg. Front row,
from left to right Hermann Göring, Rudolf Hess,
Joachim von Ribbentrop, Wilhelm Keitel. Back row
from left to right Karl Döwnitz, Erich Raeder,
Baldur von Schirach, Fritz Sauckel, Alfred Jodl.
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TWELVE SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGINGBODIES
CREAMATED AT DACHAU (concentration camp)
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JapanEnemy becomes a friend

• Emperor Hirohito admits he is not a god
• U.S.A. HELPS JAPAN BECOME A DEMOCRACY

• U.S. Occupying General Douglas MacArthur
  Emperor Hirohito

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UNITED NATIONSCREATED

• TO SAVE FUTURE GENERATIONS FROM THE SCOURGE OF
  WAR

UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS NY, NY
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SOVIET UNIONALLY becomes an ENEMY

• United States and Soviet Union become the two
  Super Powers after WWII.
• Containment A policy directed by the United
  States to prevent Soviet expansion of Communism

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The COLD WAR (1960-1991)
U.S.A. AND ALLIES SOVIET UNION AND ALLIES
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COLD WAR

• DIPLOMATIC HOSTILITY THAT DEVELOPED BETWEEN
  U.S.A. AND THE SOVIET UNION
• THEY USED SPYING,PROPAGANDA, DIPLOMACY AND SECRET
  OPERATIONS TO FIGHT WITH EACH OTHER
• AVOID NUCLEAR WAR

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NEW ALLIANCES
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New Alliances

• NATO UNITED STATES AND WESTERN EUROPEAN ALLIES
• VS
• WARSAW PACT SOVIET UNION AND EASTERN EUROPE

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NUCLEAR THREAT

• 1949 SOVIET UNION EXPLODED ITS OWN ATOMIC WEAPON
• U.S.A AND SOVIET UNION BEGIN AN ARMS RACE THAT
  LAST FOR 40 YEARS
• Both develop ICBM (missiles) to deliver nuclear
  warheads

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THE SPACE RACE

• SPUTNIK, THE FIRST SATTELITE was launched by the
  Soviet Union on October 4th, 1957
• United States and Soviet Union use missiles or
  rockets to explore space

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MAN ON THE MOON

• JULY 20, 1969, THE U.S.A. PLACES THE FIRST MAN ON
  THE MOON
• GIANT LEAP FOR MANKIND

BUZZ ALDRIN