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The Legacy of the Yalta Conference: A New World Order Post-World War II

The Yalta Conference in 1945 brought together Stalin, Churchill, and Roosevelt to shape post-war Europe. Stalin sought a buffer zone to protect the Soviet Union from Germany, while Roosevelt pushed for Soviet entry into the Pacific War, offering concessions. The conference laid the groundwork for the United Nations to maintain peace and manage international relations. Following the war, the defeat of the Axis Powers marked the beginning of the Cold War, the onset of the Nuclear Age, and a divided Germany shaping global politics. The Marshall Plan aimed to rebuild Europe amid tensions and prevent the spread of communism.

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The Legacy of the Yalta Conference: A New World Order Post-World War II

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  1. Legacy of the War Notes

  2. Yalta Conference (1945) • Stalin, Churchill, and Roosevelt meet to discuss post war Europe • Stalin wants a buffer zone (doesn’t want Germany to be able to invade • Roosevelt wants Soviet Union to enter war in Pacific (willing to give him buffer zone to get it) • FDR and Churchill want United Nations • Organization designed to keep the peace • Based on Atlantic Charter by FDR and Churchill

  3. End Results • More than 20,000,000 soldiers killed • More than 40,000,000 civilians killed • Defeat of Axis Powers • Beginning of Nuclear Age – 9 countries now have nuclear weapons • At home, GI Bill allows soldiers to go to college

  4. Nuremberg Trials • individual responsibility for crimes in wartime so “following orders” is not a defense anymore • Many German and Japanese officials were tried and executed for “crimes against humanity”

  5. Medal of Honor Winners Vernon Baker Audie Murphy

  6. Beginning of Cold War • (no direct shooting but lots of indirect fighting and arms race) • US is a global power – only true opposition is Soviet Union • US briefly occupies Japan, which becomes a democracy • Marshall Plan to rebuild war-torn Europe and prevent the spread of communism • gives economic aid (remember it was depression that started all this in the first place)

  7. Soviet domination of Eastern Europe (satellite nations become Stalin’s “buffer zone”) • Germany partitioned (divided) • West is democratic, self-governing • East is Soviet-dominated, communistic

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