1. EFFECTS OF WWII

2. Effects of WWII Defeat of Fascist leaders in Europe and Japan
Devastation and loss of life in Europe and East Asia
Development of nuclear weapons and atomic energy
Recognition of the Holocaust and Nuremberg Trials
Rise of the United States and Soviet Union as Super Powers – COLD WAR

3. FASCIST DICTATORS IN EUROPE AND MILITARISTS IN JAPAN DEFEATED

4. EUROPE AND JAPAN IN RUINS 61 MILLION DEAD
Dresden, Germany: Feb 1945; 130,000 die in fire bombing

5. Nuremberg Trials: NAZI LEADERS CHARGED WITH “CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY” NAZIS HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR HOLOCAUST
Some of the defendants at Nuremberg. Front row, from left to right: Hermann Göring, Rudolf Hess, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Wilhelm Keitel. Back row from left to right: Karl Döwnitz, Erich Raeder, Baldur von Schirach, Fritz Sauckel, Alfred Jodl.

6. TWELVE SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING BODIES CREAMATED AT DACHAU (concentration camp)

7. Japan Enemy becomes a friend
Emperor Hirohito admits he is not a god
U.S.A. HELPS JAPAN BECOME A DEMOCRACY
U.S. Occupying General Douglas MacArthur & Emperor Hirohito

8. UNITED NATIONS CREATED
“ TO SAVE FUTURE GENERATIONS FROM THE SCOURGE OF WAR”
UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS: NY, NY

9. SOVIET UNION ALLY becomes an ENEMY
United States and Soviet Union become the two Super Powers after WWII.
Containment: A policy directed by the United States to prevent Soviet expansion of Communism

10. The COLD WAR ( )
U.S.A. AND ALLIES SOVIET UNION AND ALLIES

11. COLD WAR
DIPLOMATIC HOSTILITY THAT DEVELOPED BETWEEN U.S.A. AND THE SOVIET UNION
THEY USED SPYING,PROPAGANDA, DIPLOMACY AND SECRET OPERATIONS TO FIGHT WITH EACH OTHER
AVOID NUCLEAR WAR

12. NEW ALLIANCES

13. New Alliances
NATO: UNITED STATES AND WESTERN EUROPEAN ALLIES VS
WARSAW PACT: SOVIET UNION AND EASTERN EUROPE

15. NUCLEAR THREAT 1949 SOVIET UNION EXPLODED ITS OWN ATOMIC WEAPON
U.S.A AND SOVIET UNION BEGIN AN ARMS RACE THAT LAST FOR 40 YEARS
Both develop ICBM (missiles) to deliver nuclear warheads

16. THE SPACE RACE
SPUTNIK, THE FIRST SATTELITE was launched by the Soviet Union on October 4th, 1957
United States and Soviet Union use missiles or rockets to explore space

17. MAN ON THE MOON
JULY 20, 1969, THE U.S.A. PLACES THE FIRST MAN ON THE MOON
“GIANT LEAP FOR MANKIND”
BUZZ ALDRIN