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Europe and japan in Ruins. 3/19/2013. Big 3. ¨ 10.8.3-Discuss the major turning battles of the war, the principle theaters of conflict, key strategic decisions ¨10.8.6-Discuss the human costs of the war, with particular attention to the civilian and the military losses in Europe and Asia.
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Europe and japan in Ruins 3/19/2013
Big 3 • ¨10.8.3-Discuss the major turning battles of the war, the principle theaters of conflict, key strategic decisions • ¨10.8.6-Discuss the human costs of the war, with particular attention to the civilian and the military losses in Europe and Asia. • What-Be able to identify the key events, policies, people that happened after WWII • Why-To investigate how the policies, events, etc., may have developed into the Cold War. • How-1.) Germany and Japan in Ruins study guide • 2.) Work on WWII study guide
Devastation in Europe • Describe what you see: Constant bombing and shelling cities turned to rubble • Country-side destroyed • People left homeless • Refugees of concentration camps • Where did they go? • 40 million killed in Europe, 50 million homeless
Devastation in Europe • What is the land outside cities usually used for? • What do you think happened to agriculture? • Disrupted, • During the war, Men fought and women worked in the factories • Transportation systems destroyed • What about the availability of food in Europe?
Post war government in Europe • Who was to blame? Leaders for the war • Which countries wanted new leadership? -Germany, Italy, and France
Nuremberg Trials • Held in Nuremberg, Germany • Led by an International Military Tribunal representing 23 countries • Purpose? To try Nazi leaders with crimes against humanity
Nuremberg Trials • How many were hanged? 10 • Out of the 22 accused, how many showed regret? 1-”And still this guilt of Germany will not have been erased”. • What happened to the bodies of the executed Nazis? Burned in Dachau-same ovens they cremated Jews in
Postwar Japan • Damage • 2 million killed • Tokyo was destroyed • Hiroshima and Nagasaki were turned into wasteland
Occupied Japan • Demilitirization-disbanding the Japanese military • Macarthur brought Japanese war criminals to trial • Democratization-the process of a country becoming democratic..-leaders are elected by the people • May 3, 1947-Japan becomes a constitutional monarchy-The emperor does not lead Japan anymore, elected officials do
Changes for Japan • How did the Emperor’s role change? • No longer seen as divine or godly • Less power • Who could vote? All citizens over 20, including women • Article-9-Japan could no longer declare war unless attacked first