World War II

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World War II The Immediate Consequences of the
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• Unit 5 Chapter 26 Section 4
• Unit 6 Chapter 27 Section 1
• 7.2.3 Part 5

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Consequences of World War II - Devastation

• Germany
• 500,000 German civilians killed
• Transportation and fuel supplies destroyed

• Japan
• Cities were destroyed
• Lack of Air Force
• Cities made from flimsy material collapsed
  quickly

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The Atomic Bombs

• August 6, 1945 Enola Gay drops Little Boy
  on Hiroshima
• 190,000 killed
• August 9, 1945 Bockscar drops Fat Man on
  Nagasaki
• 73,000 killed

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Consequences of World War II - Population

• Total deaths range anywhere from 60-80 million
• United States loses over 400,000
• Soviet Union loses almost 24,000,000
• Germany loses between 8 and 10 of their
  population

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Consequences of World War II - Population

• Holocaust results in 11,000,000 dead
• 6,000,000 of which are Jewish
• 2/3s of all European Jews killed
• Poland lost approximately 3,000,000 citizens

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Consequences of World War II The Atomic Age

• United States Only country with nuclear weapons
• August, 1949 USSR tests its first nuclear
  weapon
• USA vs. USSR in an arms race
• Who can build the most nuclear weapons
• Size of weapons and armies (arsenal) used in
  fighting Cold War
• A war with no actual direct conflict

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Consequences of World War II Germany and Japan

• Germany divided into east and west
• Berlin, the largest city, also divided
• USA, England and France control West
• USSR controls East
• Berlin Wall becomes symbol of Cold War

• Japan cannot maintain their own army
• United States essentially acts as Japanese army

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