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1 Post-World War II East & West Germany Nuremberg Trials (1945-49)
De-Nazification Nazi party illegal Nazi leaders being held accountable for horrors o/t war Crimes Against Humanity 22 charges 12 death sentences 7 life imprisonments 3 acquittals Allied Control Council Allied occupation of Germany demilitarize Germany Reparations? future borders East German refugees flood West Germany East & West Germany

2 Origins of the COLD WAR The Berlin Blockade led to the Berlin Airlift
Germany is divided Beginning of the COLD WAR Truman Doctrine ‘47 spread of communism is a threat to democracy US policy to stop Containment policy Marshall Plan ’48-’52 Euro. Recovery Program $13 billion for rebuilding COMINFORM Communism Information Bureau opposed Truman & Marshall plans threat to communism

3 COLD WAR Divisions

4 The USSR Collapses 1989: Berlin Wall falls 1985: Mikhail Gorbachev
last Soviet leader Glasnost: “openness” Perestroika: “restructuring” Arms control economic reforms pulled Soviet troops out of satellite countries Led to revolutions in Eastern Europe

5 Hardliners failed Coup
Boris Yeltsin Russia leader puts down coup Commonwealth of Independent States Cold War is OVER Shift from Communism to Capitalism Private ownership No more gov’t jobs / $

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