The end of wwii
HOW & WHEN DID WAR END? IN THE PACIFIC? THE U.S. & THE ATOMIC BOMB? IN EUROPE? MUSSOLINI? GERMANY? SOVIET UNION? FRANCE & OTHER CAPTURED COUNTRIES?
The Tehran Conference Stalin, Roosevelt, and Churchill meet (1943) Met to decide the future of the war Soviet & British-American forces would meet in Germany & split the country Allies agreed on a division of Germany after the war
The yalta conference The “Big Three” powers met (1945) The defeat of Germany was guaranteed 11 million Soviet soldiers took possession of East & Central Europe Stalin suspicious of Western powers He wanted pro-Soviet governments in Europe U.S. wanted liberated countries to have free elections (choose their own govt)
The yalta conference Creation of the UN The Big Three agreed Germany must surrender unconditionally (no deals or pleas) Germany would be divided into 4 zones Each zone occupied by military forces (U.S., UK, France & S.U.) Soviets agreed to free elections in Poland
War crimes trials Summer of 1945 Allies hold trials of war leaders Accused for committing aggressive war & crimes against humanity Nazi leaders tried & condemned as war criminals AKA Nuremberg Trials War crime trials also in Japan & Italy
Nuremberg trials
THE COLD WAR VICTORY BY ALLIES FOLLOWED BY POLITICAL TENSION CONFLICT BETWEEN U.S. & S.U LASTS FROM 1945- 1980S CAPITALISM & DEMOCRACY V. COMMUNISM RESULTED IN DIVIDSION OF EUROPE