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Europe Devastated• Most cities in Europe were
in ruins• Warsaw population in 1939
was 1.3 million (after the war 153,000)
• Some people stayed some hit the road
• Agriculture disrupted by the war
• First post war winter brought suffering
Postwar Governments
• Some countries were able to re-establish their governments
• Holland, Denmark, & Norway• Other countries look to go either
democracy or communism• France & Italy were fearful of
communism and voted against it• As France & Italy economies
recovered, communism declined
Nuremberg Trials
Nuremberg Trials• 1945-46 the trials took
place in Nuremberg, Germ.• 22 Nazi leaders were
charged with waging a war of aggression
• Charged with “crimes against humanity”
• Most of these men were found guilty (put to death)
• All bodies cremated in concentration camp
Execution at Nuremberg
Execution at Nuremberg
Postwar Japan
• Japan in ruins with 2 million lives lost, most of the country destroyed
• MacArthur took charge of Japan and established a demilitarization (disbanding of the Japanese Army)
• MacArthur brought war criminals to trial• He then brought democratization (govt. elected by the
people)• Braden land ownership in Japan and increase participation
of workers and farmers in the new democracy
Changes in Japan• The emperor of Japan (Hirohito)
would be a figurehead • Citizens elect a two house
parliament• Country led by a prime minister• September 1951, the U.S. and
other countries would sign a peace treaty with Japan
• WW2 enemies became allies after the war
• U.S. and U.S.S.R. would differ