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Europe and Japan in Ruins 16.5
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Europe 40 million dead – Russia 20,000,000 – Germany 6,000,000 Cities destroyed London, Warsaw, Berlin destroyed Displaced persons Famine, disease
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Postwar Governments and Politics Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Norway rebuilt government fast Communist party appealed to many – France, Italy, Greece, Turkey – Violent communist strikes – Italy and France voted against Communists
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Postwar Japan General MacArthur Occupied Japan Demilitarization War crime trials: Tojo Economy – Increase land ownership, labor unions Democratization – Constitutional monarchy
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Occupation Brings Deep Changes Emperor became a symbol Republic: people voted, Diet, Prime Minister, bill of rights US leaves in 1951 US military bases still in Japan Allies with the US Russia and United States become world’s super powers
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