1. The Big Three
Post WWII

2. I. “Big Three” U.S.A. U.S.S.R. Great Britain Franklin D. Roosevelt
Joseph Stalin
Winston Churchill

3. II. Principles of Peace 1. Atlantic Charter (Peace Plan)
a. Allies took no territory
b. Restore Self-Government
c. Improved European economy
d. Set up United Nations (UN)

4. III. Yalta Agreements 1. Dealt with Germany a. Divided into 4 zones
-Britain, U.S.A., France, U.S.S.R.
b. Germany disarmed
c. Nazi Leaders = “War Criminals”
2. Restored Democracy in Poland

5. IV. Nuremberg Trials 1. German Leaders on trial
a. 12 found guilty = Death Sentence
-“Crimes Against Humanity”
-mass killings
-genocide
-slave Labor

6. V. Spread of Communism 1. “Iron Curtain” Satellites
a. Countries controlled by Communist Russia
-Baltic States
-Poland
b. Led to “Cold War”

7. VI. Japanese Peace Treaty
1. General Douglas MacArthur
a. Dismissed all wartime leaders
b. Set up Democratic Constitution
c. Japan to lost all territory taken after 1895
d. Japan divided into 4 Military Districts