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The Results/Outcomes of War War II AIM: What were the long lasting results of WWII? Do Now: Answer the following questions in your notebook. 1. Who were the Allied Powers? 2. Who were the Axis Powers? 3. Name two (2) causes of World War II? 4. Name two opposing leaders of World War II?
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WW II Casualties: Europe Each symbol indicates 100,000 dead in the appropriate theater of operations
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WW II Casualties: Asia Each symbol indicates 100,000 dead in the appropriate theater of operations
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WW II Casualties Country Men in war Battle deaths Wounded Australia1,000,00026,976180,864 Austria800,000280,000350,117 Belgium625,0008,460 55,513 1 Brazil 2 40,3349434,222 Bulgaria339,7606,67121,878 Canada 1,086,343 7 42,042 7 53,145 China 3 17,250,5211,324,5161,762,006 Czechoslovakia— 6,683 4 8,017 Denmark—4,339— Finland500,00079,04750,000 France—201,568400,000 Germany20,000,000 3,250,000 4 7,250,000 Greece—17,02447,290 Hungary—147,43589,313 India2,393,89132,12164,354 Italy3,100,000 149,496 4 66,716 Japan9,700,0001,270,000140,000 Netherlands280,0006,5002,860 New Zealand 194,000 11,625 4 17,000 Norway75,0002,000— Poland—664,000530,000 Romania 650,000 5 350,000 6 — South Africa 410,0562,473— U.S.S.R.— 6,115,000 4 14,012,000 United Kingdom 5,896,000 357,116 4 369,267 United States 16,112,566291,557670,846 Yugoslavia3,741,000305,000425,000 1.Civilians only. 2.Army and navy figures. 3.Figures cover period July 7, 1937 to Sept. 2, 1945, and concern only Chinese regular troops. They do not include casualties suffered by guerrillas and local military corps. 4.Deaths from all causes. 5.Against Soviet Russia; 385,847 against Nazi Germany. 6.Against Soviet Russia; 169,822 against Nazi Germany. 7.National Defense Ctr., Canadian Forces Hq., Director of History.
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Massive Human Dislocations
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The U. S. & the U. S. S. R. Emerged as the Two Superpowers of the later half of the 20 th century U.S.S.R. = Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics U.S. = United States
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The Bi-Polarization of Europe: The Beginning of the Cold War
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The Division of Germany: 1945 - 1990
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The Creation of the U. N.
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The Nuremberg War Trials: Crimes Against Humanity
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Japanese War Crimes Trials General Hideki Tojo Bio-Chemical Experiments
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7 Future American Presidents’ Lives Were Impacted by World War II
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The Race for Space
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Early Computer Technology Came Out of WW II Mark I, 1944 Admiral Grace Hooper, 1944-1992 COBOL language Colossus, 1941
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The De-Colonization of European Empires
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The Emergence of Third World Nationalist Movements
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