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End of the War VE Day= May 7, 1945 Germany surrenders unconditionally to the U.S. and the Soviets Hitler shoots himself as Soviet Troops capture Berlin.

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1 End of the War VE Day= May 7, 1945 Germany surrenders unconditionally to the U.S. and the Soviets Hitler shoots himself as Soviet Troops capture Berlin War still continues in Japan

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3 VJ Day Victory in Japan occurs after the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Japan surrenders on August 14, 1945

4 Nuremberg Trials August 1945 Series of 13 trials
Germans put on trial for atrocities committed during the war 10 men were hung Said they were “following orders”

5 Martin Bormann — Guilty, sentenced to death in absentia
Martin Bormann — Guilty, sentenced to death in absentia. Later proven he committed suicide before the end of World War II. Remains discovered in 1972 later conclusively proven to be Bormann by forensic tests on the skull in Nonetheless, Simon Wiesenthal, Hugh Thomas and Reinhard Gehlen refused to accept this evidence. Gehlen further argued Bormann was the secret Russian double agent 'Sasha'. Karl Dönitz — Guilty, sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment Hans Frank — Guilty, sentenced to death by hanging Wilhelm Frick — Guilty, sentenced to death by hanging Hans Fritzsche — Acquitted. Tried, convicted and sentenced to 9 years imprisonment by a separate West German denazification court. Released September 1950. Walther Funk — Guilty, sentenced to life imprisonment (released 1957 on grounds of ill health) Hermann Göring — Guilty, sentenced to death, committed suicide before execution. Rudolf Hess — Guilty, sentenced to life imprisonment Alfred Jodl — Guilty, sentenced to death by hanging, Henri Donnedieu de Vabres called the verdict a mistake in In 1953, the denazification courts reversed the decision and found Jodl not guilty. His property, confiscated in 1946, was returned to his widow. Ernst Kaltenbrunner — Guilty, sentenced to death by hanging Wilhelm Keitel — Guilty, sentenced to death by hanging Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach — Medically unfit for trial

6 Robert Ley — Committed suicide before his trial began
Konstantin von Neurath — Guilty, sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment (released 1954 on grounds of ill health) Franz von Papen — Acquitted. Tried, convicted and sentenced to 8 years imprisonment by a separate West German denazification court. Released on appeal in 1949. Erich Raeder — Guilty, sentenced to life imprisonment (released 1955 on grounds of ill health) Joachim von Ribbentrop — Guilty, sentenced to death by hanging Alfred Rosenberg — Guilty, sentenced to death by hanging Fritz Sauckel — Guilty, sentenced to death by hanging Hjalmar Schacht — Acquitted Baldur von Schirach — Guilty, sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment Arthur Seyss-Inquart - Guilty, sentenced to death by hanging Albert Speer — Guilty, sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment Julius Streicher — Guilty, sentenced to death by hanging

7 Marshall Plan Europe is in ruins after the war
Cities gone, homeless, no money to rebuild Plan= Massive foreign aid in the form of grants and loans to nations to rebuild their own cities Western Germany rebuilt with better/modern factories

8 Aftermath of the War Millions of lives lost (Aprox. 50 million)
Homes, bridges, railways, etc. destroyed Europe and Japan hardest hit Need for Re-education of citizens German citizens taken to camps Japan rebuilt to become one of the most successful economies in the second half of the 20th century

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