1. Post War Germany and Japan

2. Post-War Germany Germany and Berlin are divided by the Allies – France, Great Britain, United States, Soviet Union Nuremberg Trials (Allied Powers) De-Nazification Trials (Germany) Cold War tensions begin … – East and West Germany are created because of disagreements over unification East – Soviet controlled West – European/American influence

4. Nuremberg Trials 1945-46 -Rudolf Hess Deputy Fürer until 1941. Flew to England to try and negotiate peace – it failed and was arrested. -Life Imprisonment -Karl Dönitz In charge of the German navy and became President of Germany after Hitler’s suicide -10 Years in Prison -Hermann Göring Leader of the German Air Force and original leader of the secret police -Sentenced to death but committed suicide before execution -Albert Speer Hitler’s advisor and Minister of Armaments (loose connections to slave labor) -20 Years in Prison

5. Japanese Constitution Equality based on "race, creed, sex, social status, family origin, education, property or income" Prohibition of Peerage Separation of Church and State Article 9: the Japanese people forever renounce war as a sovereign right of the nation and the threat or use of force as means of settling international disputes

6. The Atomic Bomb

7. Atomic Warfare Manhattan Project – Robert Oppenheimer First military uses Hiroshima, August 6 th 1945 Nagasaki, August 9 th 1945 Japan surrenders – August 12,1945 – Japan accepts surrender terms

10. First Use – United States – 1945 – Soviet Union - 1949 Baruch Plan – Establish an international agency to control atomic energy Atomic Energy Act – Atomic Energy Commission – oversees nuclear weapon research and develops peacetime uses

11. Hydrogen Bomb (H-Bomb) First US test – 1952, Soviet Union soon after – 1,000 times more destructive than A-Bomb “The United States and Soviet Union are like two scorpions in a bottle, each capable of killing the other but only at the risk of his own life. The Atomic Clock ticks faster and faster.” – J. Robert Oppenheimer

20. Nuclear Anxiety Religion – People turn to religion as the answer to the end of the world – Church membership grows exponentially How to Survive? – Duck and Cover – Fallout shelter – Reality – we all lose in the end