The End of WW II

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The End of WW II

• And its Toll

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The End of WW II

• As the war was coming to a close the leaders of
  the allied country met in Yalta, in the Soviet
  Union.
• Several things were agreed upon at the Yalta
  Conference.
• First, that Germany would be divided into four
  parts for each of the allied countries.

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• Stalin also agreed at the conference to join the
  allies in fighting Japan.
• Thirdly, Stalin agreed to attend another
  conference in San Francisco to talk about a world
  governing body..
• When the war ended in Japan, American forces
  stayed to help rebuild the country.
• MacArthur spent several years introducing
  capitalism and democracy to the Japanese.

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• The Japanese emperor Hirohito was allowed to stay
  in power to help in the rebuilding process.
• Not all escaped to see another day such as Tojo
  who was sentenced to death.
• On the other continent the Nazis were having
  their own trial.

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• The Nuremberg Trials were court trials that saw
  many Nazis being accused of crimes against the
  peace, war crimes and crimes against humanity.
• Many high ranking Nazis were put on trail and
  convicted and sentenced to death.
• This trial set an important precedent that
  actions during wartime could be found illegal.

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• Not only Europeans suffered from the war.
• About 110,000 Japanese Americans were rounded up
  and sent to relocation centers during the war.
• Many of them lost their jobs, businesses and
  homes in the process.
• In 1990 each person that was held captive
  received 20,000.

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The Toll of WW II

• By the wars end, WW II became the deadliest
  conflict ever known to man.
• Estimates on total dead range up to 70 million
  people from war, disease and famine.
• Of those 70 million about 47 million were
  civilians.
• The Soviet Union had the highest number dead at
  26.6 million.

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The Toll of WW II

• Poland lost about 5.6 million people or 16 of
  their total population.
• In the Holocaust alone 11 million people were
  killed and only about 6 million were Jews.
• Also of those 11 million 1.5 million were
  children.
• The U.S. lost about 415,000 soldiers.

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