1. Aftermath of War Lecture 44

2. Casualties of WW2 Military Dead Military Wounded Civilian Dead Total Casualties Allies BRITAIN264,000277,00093,000634,000 FRANCE213,000400,000350,000963,000 CHINA1,310,0001,753,0001,000,0004,063,000 USSR7,500,00014,012,00015,000,00036,512,000 USA292,000672,000n/a964,000 Axis Powers GERMANY3,500,0005,000,000780,0009,280,000 ITALY242,00066,00053,000361,000 JAPAN1,300,0004,000,000672,0005,972,000

3. Holocaust Horrors Allies Horrified by death camps  Over 6 million Jews killed at death camps Nuremberg Trials  Over 200 tried for “crimes against humanity”  12 high-ranking Nazis sentenced to death  Similar trials are held in Japan

4. Nazi Officers on Trial Death Sentence! Photo Evidence: Pile of Glasses from Holocaust Victims (Auschwitz)

5. Fate of Germany Big 3 meet in Yalta – Feb 1945 Agree on the Yalta Pact  Germany will be divided into 4 zones USA, France, Britain, USSR will each control a zone  Germany pays USSR for loss of life & property

7. The Future… Why had so many ordinary people in Germany accepted Hitler’s Final Solution? How do we stop it from happening again?  Democracy = tolerance & peace  Germany & Japan rebuilt in American’s image

8. The United Nations Wilson’s League of Nations had failed  A new stronger League needed to be created United Nations (UN) – created October 1945  5 strongest nations have the power to ensure peace USA, USSR, Britain, France, China  Have power to send troops to solve disputes  Power to help solve other world problems Famine, Disease, improving education, refugee issues