1. WWII Killed 3% OF 1940’S world pop. 60 million people Most of the fighting and dying took place in Eastern China and Western Russia USSR- apx. 25 million China- apx. 15million Poland- apx. 6 million (Holocaust) Germany- 4.5 million Japan- 2.4 milion USA- 400k

2. Lets Brainstorm events! 1945- Yalta Conference, Potsdam Conf. Division of Germany, Austria, Poland Dropping of A-Bombs 1946 Chinese civil war resumes between Nationalists and Communists French land in “IndoChina” Greek Civil War –Nationalists v. Commies Churchill’s Iron Curtain Speech

3. There is a Weather Alert in the Ballwin area until apx. 9:37, There have been reports of Brainstorms! 1947-Truman Doctrine Marshall Plan Indian and Pakistan become states Communist take over Romania Term “Cold War” coined by US senator 1948-Czechs become Communist Marsahll plan in effect Berlin Airlift

4. BRAINSTORMS!!!!!!!!!!!!! 1948- UN and USSR disagree over who controls Korea 1949-China Becomes communist USSR detonates an A-Bomb “Joe 1” Formal division of Germany 1950- North Korea invades South Korea China committs over 500,000 soldiers to the cause, the UN (USA heavily included) also commit massive amount of troops

5. Creation of Superpowers USA emerges from the World Wars as the a global superpower. –USA briefly had the world’s largest Navy –Was briefly the only nuclear power –Had about ½ of world’s industrial capacity –All of the world owed USA’s bankers money –(had become a leading industrial producer by 1890 and continued to grow, while Europe destroyed itself)

6. USA takes lead in new international organizations –U.N., NATO Military and economic power along with the3 Marshall plan and Truman Doc. Set the stage for Superpower

7. USSR USSR had largest army in the world by 1945, much of it in Eastern Europe Battle of Berlin Took efforts to rebuild Japan and Germany as a threat Wanted buffer states- got China sort of to create sizeable Communist bloc Matched USA and allies (Warsaw Pact), encouraged spread of Communism