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Post-World War II East & West Germany Nuremberg Trials (1945-49) De-Nazification Nazi party illegal Nazi leaders being held accountable for horrors o/t war Crimes Against Humanity 22 charges 12 death sentences 7 life imprisonments 3 acquittals Allied Control Council Allied occupation of Germany demilitarize Germany Reparations? future borders East German refugees flood West Germany East & West Germany

Origins of the COLD WAR The Berlin Blockade led to the Berlin Airlift Germany is divided Beginning of the COLD WAR Truman Doctrine ‘47 spread of communism is a threat to democracy US policy to stop Containment policy Marshall Plan ’48-’52 Euro. Recovery Program $13 billion for rebuilding COMINFORM Communism Information Bureau opposed Truman & Marshall plans threat to communism

COLD WAR Divisions

The USSR Collapses 1989: Berlin Wall falls 1985: Mikhail Gorbachev last Soviet leader Glasnost: “openness” Perestroika: “restructuring” Arms control economic reforms pulled Soviet troops out of satellite countries Led to revolutions in Eastern Europe

Hardliners failed Coup Boris Yeltsin Russia leader puts down coup Commonwealth of Independent States Cold War is OVER Shift from Communism to Capitalism Private ownership No more gov’t jobs / $

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