1. Aftermath of World War II Dealing with Enemies – Old and New

2. Germany Unconditional surrender May 8, 1945 Morgenthau Plan Dismemberment Demilitarization Deindustrialization

3. Potsdam Plan Four occupation zones Some land to Poland Denazification Expulsions

5. Nuremberg Trials Death Martin Borman (Nazi Party Secretary) Wilhelm Frick (authored Nuremberg Laws) Hermann Göring (Hitler’s Second) Joachim von Ribbentrop (Foreign Minister) Prison Rudolph Hess (Hitler’s Deputy) Albert Speer (Hitler’s Architect)

6. Japan Unconditional Surrender August 9, 1945 US Occupation 1945-52 Gen. MacArthur No military

7. Japanese War Crimes Trials At surrender over 500 officers commit suicide Emperor is exonerated; remains figurehead About 900 tried and executed – mostly for treatment of Allied prisoners

8. The United Nations Dumbarton Oaks, 1944 Major Features Yalta, 1945 Expanded membership San Francisco, 1945 United Nations Charter

9. The United Nations HQ: New York City Money donated by John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Security Council Five “permanent” members have veto US, UK, France, Russia, China 1946: League of Nations is dissolved

10. Eleanor Roosevelt Appointed by Truman as UN Delegate Instrumental in creating Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)

13. Election of 1948 Truman Support for Israel Embraces Civil Rights Integration of military Push for health care reform Trying to keep New Deal legacy alive

14. Election of 1948 Truman Expected to lose George Dewey, Republican Democratic defector Strom Thurmond “Dixiecrat” Party “Whistle Stop” Tour