1. Learning Objective: Agenda:
Today I will be able to compare the short-term and long-term effects of WWII by creating a T-Chart of the effects.
Agenda:
Finish BBC Hiroshima
Learning Objective
Reading: Ch Europe & Japan in Ruins
Lecture Notes: Ch After WWII
T-Chart
Exit Slip

2. Title Notes: Ch. 16.5 After WWII
WWII lasted for 6 yrs.,
60 million dead, (20 million civilians)
WWII destroyed:
Countryside
Farming/factories
Homes (many homeless)

3. Communism in Europe
Resistance fighters against fascist leaders were mainly communist.
Communist Parties in France & Italy promised change and stability.
Communist violent strikes
But, most feared communist & supported anti-communist parties & regulations.

4. Nuremberg Trials
Between , 23 nations placed Nazi war criminals on trial in Nuremberg, Germany.
22 Nazi leaders were charged for starting war, crimes against humanity, & deaths of 11 million people.
10 were executed, 2 committed suicide before execution.
Other major Nazi leaders committed suicide like Hitler.

5. MacArthur in Japan After Japanese loss, US occupied Japan.
General Douglas MacArthur demilitarized & democratized Japan.
He disbaned armed forces.
Huge Japanese lands were sold to small farmers & established constitutional monarchy.

6. Japan changed with a constitutional monarchy.
Emperor no longer believed to be divine.
Emperor lost political power.
Japanese citizens voting rights developed.
Constitutional rights bill:
Article 9__ Japan will no longer go to war, only to defend the country.
Japan accepted US protection & even became allies.

7. Berlin Divided
Germany’s capital city was divided into 4 sections to occupy Germany post WWII.
Sections controlled by France, Great Britain, US, & Soviet Union

8. Exit Slip
Identify a short-term result of WWII AND a long-term result of WWII. Can any of the results be seen today?