Post War: Germany & Japan in Ruins How were post-war plans similar and different in Germany & Japan?
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• US troops in Western Europe – Soviet troops in the Eastern Europe
• Each country tries to spread its Sphere of Influence
•Germany is co-occupied by the Allies & S.U.
•New gov’ts form in Fr. & It. •Pre-war gov’ts return in nations invaded by Hitler
•Countries get to keep their “pre-war” possessions (Africa)
•Occupation by U.S.
•U.S. will run/influence Japan
•Colonies/Possessions returned to Europe or China, Korea gets independence
•Most major cities completely destroyed
•Jpn. and Germ. are demilitarized
•War Tribunals punish war criminals
GERMANY/EUROPEGERMANY/EUROPE JAPAN/ASIAJAPAN/ASIA
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Yalta & Potsdam Conference: GermanyYalta & Potsdam Conference: Germany• At Yalta, Big Three decided to split into occupation zones• Soviets, US, Britain, and later France gets a zone• German capital of Berlin (S.U. zone) is also divided into 4 occupation zones
• Final Agreement signed at Potsdam
Big Three
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Post War JapanPost War Japan
• Churchill tells Pres. Truman “that Stalin is not to be trusted”
• Truman warns Stalin of a secret weapon he may use on Jpn.
• U.S. uses A-Bomb Stalin doesn’t try to co-occupy Japan
•The US writes a new Japanese constitution
• Stalin wants influence in Asia (other than Jpn.)!
•MacArthur runs country & allows Emperor Hirohito to stay (tradition)