1. Effects of WWII

2. Short Term Effects Many cities and towns were ruined Warsaw Berlin
London
Over $800 billion dollars were spent
Famine
Diseases spread

4. War Crimes Trials Nuremberg 177 Germans and Austrians 142 found guilt
Imprisonment or death

5. Long Term Effects

6. United Nations Play a larger role than the League of Nations
General Assembly
Security Council
5 permanent members
Also help with this like diseases, education, refugees, etc.

7. Weaponry
New and more powerful weapons
Nuclear bombs (Hydrogen bombs)

8. Gender Roles Women’s roles shifted from housewife to working women
War propaganda often glofied women and their role in the war.

10. Spread of Democracy Belief that this would ensure peace and tolerance
Created new governments in occupied areas of Germany and Japan

11. Spread of Communism
USSR had also been a victor of WWII showing the “strength” of communism
They want to spread communism in the occupied areas instead of capitalism (democracy)

12. Alliances Break Apart
US vs. USSR
Cold War

13. Division of Germany
France, Britain, USSR, and the US get a piece of Germany