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Europe and japan in ruins

Europe and japan in ruins. Section 5. Devastation in Europe. 40 million Europeans dead Hundreds of cities reduced to rubble Displaced persons from many nations were left homeless Countrysides were destroyed and farming become near impossible

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Europe and japan in ruins

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  1. Europe and japan in ruins Section 5

  2. Devastation in Europe • 40 million Europeans dead • Hundreds of cities reduced to rubble • Displaced persons from many nations were left homeless • Countrysides were destroyed and farming become near impossible • The transportation systems were destroyed, making it difficult for many citizens to gain access to food • Famine and disease killed thousands

  3. Devastation in Europe

  4. Costs of wwiI (p. 515)

  5. Postwar governments & politics • Italians, Germans and the French did not want to see a return of fascist governments • Communist party membership skyrocketed temporarily but violence sponsored by the communists eventually caused a backlash and anti-communists governments were voted in

  6. The Nuremberg trials • A series of court proceedings held in Nuremberg, Germany in which Nazi leaders were tried for aggression, violations of the rules of war, and crimes against humanity • Hermann Goring (commander of the Luftwaffe) received the death sentence but committed suicide before he could be executed • Rudolf Hess (Hitler’s former deputy) was sentenced to life in prison • The bodies of executed war criminals were cremated in the ovens at Dachau

  7. Demilitarization of Japan • The process of disbanding the Japanese armed forces to only a small police force • Begun by Douglas MacArthur to ensure peace after he took charge of U.S. occupation of Japan • MacArthur also put Japanese war criminals on trial • Hideki Tojo and 6 others were condemned to hang

  8. Democratization of japan • The process of creating a fair government in Japan • In 1946, MacArthur and his American political advisors drew up a constitution • Japan became a Constitutional Monarchy similar to Great Britain.

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