1. Europe and Japan in Ruins
Ch. 16.5
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2. What were conditions like in post war Europe? Give examples.
Essential Question

3. Setting the Stage Main Idea: Why it matters now: WWII cost:
Billions of $$$
Millions of lives
Europe, Japan in ruins
Why it matters now:
US survives undamaged, for the most part, allows it to become a world leader
Allies had achieved victory at a very high cost
Setting the Stage

4. Costs of World War 2
**Do not Write**

5. **Do not write** **Write this** Remember millions are displaced
Holocaust survivors
People fled when their homes became the battle fronts
After war crops destroyed
Thousands die from starvation, disease

6. Post War Govt. Many Europeans blame prewar govt. for war
Nazis Ousted
Post War Govt.
Many Europeans blame prewar govt. for war
Germany oust NAZI party
Italy oust Fascist
France’s “Vichy” govt conspired with NAZI
France, Italy
# of Communists sky rockets

7. Nuremberg Trials 1945-1946 22 NAZI members charged with
Crimes against Humanity
Waging a war of aggression
12 Found guilty
Life in Prison or Hung
Hermann Goring
Commander
of Luftwaffe
Rudolf Hess
Hitler’s Deputy

8. Nuremberg Trials Other trials, South America, Egypt, ?
Hans Frank - Only Nazi who expressed remorse for his actions “A thousand years will pass, and still the guilt of Germany will not be erased”
10 Nazi leaders hung Oct 16, 1946, their bodies were cremated in the same ovens that had burned millions of their victims
What Happened to the Rest of the Nazis
Other trials,
South America, Egypt, ?
Low ranking Nazis blended back into society

9. Post War Japan Defeat left Japan in Ruins 2 million dead
Stripped of its empire
No more colonies
(Where were their colonies?)
Tokyo, Hiroshima, Nagasaki
were destroyed :
-- Bombing raids
-- A-Bomb

10. Hiroshima

11. Hiroshima After

13. MacArthur in Charge 1945-1952 General Douglas MacArthur: in charge
Determined to be fair
No seeds for future war
Demilitarization:
Dismantle Japanese military
Only small police force
War criminals brought to trial
Out of 25, 7 condemned to hang
HEDIKI TOJO was hanged

14. Democratization:
Creating a democracy the Japanese were handed the task but they took too long
U.S. wrote New Constitution in 7 days
Japanese officials offended (Reminded of the Atomic Sunset)
Feb Draft new constitution
Constitutional Monarch
Emperor no longer divine: (Not A God !) Would admit to Japan over the radio
Revived econ.
*Develop Industry and export economy.
Redistributed land
Gave workers, farmers right to vote

15. Japanese Education Restructured
Pre War Education - Nationalistic, Militaristic, Rote Memorization, Emperor Worship
Post War Education- Critical thinking in Japanese education
Challenges of new system
classroom management issues
Japanese Education Restructured

16. End of Japanese Occupation
Sept. 1951
U.S. and 47 other nations sign peace treaty with Japan
Treaty Officially Ended WWII
1952 US ends occupation
US est. Naval base
To protect Japan
Who will challenge U.S in the post war era?