Europe & Japan in Ruins A.Peace Conferences B.Europe in Ruins C.Japan in Ruins D.Costs of the War

A. Peace Conferences Meetings that occurred during the war to plan war strategies and for the peace that would follow Yalta – Feb 1945 Stalin, Roosevelt, & Churchill met to discuss how to restructure Europe after the war

Potsdam – July 1945 Stalin, Truman, & Attlee met to discuss the occupation of Germany and the surrender of Japan

B.Europe in Ruins Many cities laid in ruins because of the bombing

Large numbers of displaced people wandered the continent People had no homes b/c of the concentration camps, POWs, or were in the wrong countries when the borders changed Nuremburg Trials – Nazi war criminals put on trial because of the Holocaust

C.Japan in Ruins United States will occupy Japan until 1952 to oversee the rebuilding of the country War criminals put on trial – 7 (including Hideki Tojo) were sentenced to death Major change in Japan was the development of a constitutional monarchy Japan no longer allowed to keep a military

D.Costs of the War Over 60 million people died in World War II 2/3 were civilians Soviet Union suffered more than other nations

CountryDirect Costs of the War Military Killed/MIA Civilians Killed United States$288 Billion292,131XX Great Britain$117 Billion271,31160,595 France$111.3 Billion205,707173,260 USSR$93 Billion13,600,0007,720,000 Germany$212.3 Billion3,300,0002,893,000 Japan$41.3 Billion1,140,429953,000