1. Results of World War II

3. 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?

4.
The Nuremberg Trials

5. Format
_____________
___ Judges (2 each from ________, ______, and _______)
Established a permanent international court

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

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

8. Subsequent Nuremberg Proceedings
_______________
____ Nazi leaders were put on trial
____ sentenced to hang
_____ were given prison sentences
____ were acquitted

10. The Marshall Plan

12. The European Recovery Plan
________ given to finance economic recovery of Europe
U.S. provided funds
Wanted to stop the _______ from gaining influence

13. Soviet Reaction
USSR felt U.S. interfered in internal affairs of other countries
Prevented ______ and _____________ from participating

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

15. Alliances NATO Warsaw Pact _____________________ (1949)
Between Western Democratic nations
Named after ______________ (1955)
Between Soviet-dominated communist countries of Eastern Europe

17. The United Nations _____________________
Conference in San Francisco overseen by President Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, & Joseph Stalin in April 1945
Created to resolve international conflict without resulting in war
______ original members
Now there are _______
Similar to the League of Nations after WW I

18. Israel Created ___________ Homeland for Jewish population
Recognized by Pres. Truman same day
Homeland for Jewish population
First in over _________
III. Fighting broke out immediately between __________ & _________