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Title: The End of World War II


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The End of World War II
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Hitlers Downfall
  • Allied soldiers surrounded Berlin
  • Adolf Hitler committed suicide
  • Before his death, he ordered his supporters and
    generals to commit suicide as well
  • Goebbels Minister of Propaganda
  • Himmler Head of the Gestapo/oversaw
    Concentration Camps

3
Unconditional Surrender
  • May 9, 1945 Germany surrendered
  • August 15, 1945 Japan surrendered

4
Death Toll
  • China 20 million
  • Germany 7 million
  • Japan 2.6 million
  • Poland 5.6 million
  • Soviet Union 23.1 million
  • United States 418,000
  • Total of all countries 72 million

5
The Nuremburg Trials
  • The Nuremberg Trials 24 Germans were accused of
    war crimes and crimes against humanity
  • 12 were sentenced to execution
  • 4 were sentenced to10-20 years in prison
  • 3 were sentenced with life in prison
  • 3 were acquitted of all charges
  • 2 committed suicide prior to trial

6
The Nuremberg Trials
  • These prisoners are living symbols of racial
    hatreds, of terrorism and violence, and of the
    arrogance and cruelty of power.

7
Creation of the United Nations
  • The United Nations consisted of representatives
    from 50 nations and served the purpose of keeping
    world peace

8
Dividing Germany
  • Allies split Germany
  • France
  • Great Britain
  • Soviet Union
  • United States
  • Poland

9
Communism
  • With the rising power of the Soviet Union,
    Communism began to spread
  • The United States opposition to Communism fueled
    what would become the Cold War
  • The Cold War A nonviolent conflict between the
    Soviet Union and the United States that lasted 44
    years and resulted in the Soviet Unions collapse
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