Europe and Japan in Ruins 16.5
Europe 40 million dead – Russia 20,000,000 – Germany 6,000,000 Cities destroyed London, Warsaw, Berlin destroyed Displaced persons Famine, disease
Postwar Governments and Politics Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Norway rebuilt government fast Communist party appealed to many – France, Italy, Greece, Turkey – Violent communist strikes – Italy and France voted against Communists
Postwar Japan General MacArthur Occupied Japan Demilitarization War crime trials: Tojo Economy – Increase land ownership, labor unions Democratization – Constitutional monarchy
Occupation Brings Deep Changes Emperor became a symbol Republic: people voted, Diet, Prime Minister, bill of rights US leaves in 1951 US military bases still in Japan Allies with the US Russia and United States become world’s super powers