1. The end of wwii

2. HOW & WHEN DID WAR END? IN THE PACIFIC? THE U.S. & THE ATOMIC BOMB?
IN EUROPE?
MUSSOLINI?
GERMANY?
SOVIET UNION?
FRANCE & OTHER CAPTURED COUNTRIES?

3. The Tehran Conference Stalin, Roosevelt, and Churchill meet (1943)
Met to decide the future of the war
Soviet & British-American forces would meet in Germany & split the country
Allies agreed on a division of Germany after the war

4. The yalta conference The “Big Three” powers met (1945)
The defeat of Germany was guaranteed
11 million Soviet soldiers took possession of East & Central Europe
Stalin suspicious of Western powers
He wanted pro-Soviet governments in Europe
U.S. wanted liberated countries to have free elections (choose their own govt)

5. The yalta conference Creation of the UN
The Big Three agreed Germany must surrender unconditionally (no deals or pleas)
Germany would be divided into 4 zones
Each zone occupied by military forces (U.S., UK, France & S.U.)
Soviets agreed to free elections in Poland

6. War crimes trials Summer of 1945 Allies hold trials of war leaders
Accused for committing aggressive war & crimes against humanity
Nazi leaders tried & condemned as war criminals
AKA Nuremberg Trials
War crime trials also in Japan & Italy

7. Nuremberg trials

8. THE COLD WAR VICTORY BY ALLIES FOLLOWED BY POLITICAL TENSION
CONFLICT BETWEEN U.S. & S.U
LASTS FROM S
CAPITALISM & DEMOCRACY V. COMMUNISM
RESULTED IN DIVIDSION OF EUROPE