1. Bell Ringer
What three major ethnic groups were put into internment camps in the U.S.?

2. Results of World War II

4. Questions How would you react?
If you were living in Europe and you lived through the war, what would you want to see done to the aggressors?

5.
The Nuremberg Trials

6. Format International Tribunal
6 Judges (2 each from England, France, and the U.S.)
Established a permanent international court

7. The Major War Criminals Trial
I. Nuremberg, Germany
II. 13 trials
III. 24 individuals, 6 Nazi organizations indicted
Stalin wanted to execute 50, ,000
German officers, Churchill considered
execution w/out trial
IV. 21 found guilty, 12 sentenced to death

8. Nazi Leadership
Hitler, Heinrich Himmler, and Joseph Goebbels all commit suicide in spring 1945
Herman Goring committed suicide night before his execution in 1946

9. Subsequent Nuremberg Proceedings
Dec – Apr. 1949
177 Nazi leaders were put on trial
24 sentenced to hang
118 were given prison sentences
24 were acquitted

11. The Marshall Plan

13. The European Recovery Plan
$13 billion given to finance economic recovery of Europe
U.S. provided funds
Wanted to stop the USSR from gaining influence

14. Soviet Reaction
USSR felt U.S. interfered in internal affairs of other countries
Prevented Poland and Czechoslovakia from participating

15. Question
Could this lead to tensions between the United States and Soviet Union?
What was the ensuing conflict called?

16. Alliances NATO Warsaw Pact North Atlantic Treaty Organization (1949)
Between Western Democratic nations
Named after Warsaw, Poland (1955)
Between Soviet-dominated communist countries of Eastern Europe

18. The United Nations Takes effect Oct. 24, 1945
Conference in San Francisco overseen by President Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, & Joseph Stalin in April 1945
Created to resolve international conflict without resulting in war
51 original members
Now there are 193
Similar to the League of Nations after WW I

19. Israel Created May 14, 1948 Homeland for Jewish population
Recognized by Pres. Truman same day
Homeland for Jewish population
First in over 2000 years
III. Fighting broke out immediately between Muslims & Jews