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Page 1: The Legacy of WWII. World War I and World War II Powers in World War II hold out for the bitter end. In WWI, once defeat was likely, Germany gave up

The Legacy of WWII

Page 2: The Legacy of WWII. World War I and World War II Powers in World War II hold out for the bitter end. In WWI, once defeat was likely, Germany gave up

World War I and World War II

• Powers in World War II hold out for the bitter end.

• In WWI, once defeat was likely, Germany gave up.

• War technology, culture persevere

Page 3: The Legacy of WWII. World War I and World War II Powers in World War II hold out for the bitter end. In WWI, once defeat was likely, Germany gave up

Yalta Conference

• Feb. 1945 (WWII still going on)• Poland, Bulgaria, and Romania to hold free

elections.• Stalin takes back this promise.• FDR/Churchill appease Stalin, wanting support

in the Pacific.

Page 4: The Legacy of WWII. World War I and World War II Powers in World War II hold out for the bitter end. In WWI, once defeat was likely, Germany gave up

Potsdam Conference

• July 1945 (outside Berlin)• Truman first conference, Clement Atlee is new

PM of GB, and Stalin is still leading the USSR.• USSR gets war reparations• Germany divided

Page 5: The Legacy of WWII. World War I and World War II Powers in World War II hold out for the bitter end. In WWI, once defeat was likely, Germany gave up

A New World Map

Page 6: The Legacy of WWII. World War I and World War II Powers in World War II hold out for the bitter end. In WWI, once defeat was likely, Germany gave up

Changes in Asia

• China – civil war• Japan – new constitution overseen by Gen.

Douglas MacArthur

Page 7: The Legacy of WWII. World War I and World War II Powers in World War II hold out for the bitter end. In WWI, once defeat was likely, Germany gave up

Remember Africa?

• Africa’s role in WWII truly comes at its end. • Colonialism around the world begins coming

to an end.• European holdings in the Pacific captured by

Japan declare independence.• Britain loses massive colonial holdings.

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Page 9: The Legacy of WWII. World War I and World War II Powers in World War II hold out for the bitter end. In WWI, once defeat was likely, Germany gave up

Independence in Asia

Page 10: The Legacy of WWII. World War I and World War II Powers in World War II hold out for the bitter end. In WWI, once defeat was likely, Germany gave up

The Seat of Global Power

• For much of modern history, sat with Great Britain, France, and Spain, with the US jumping in within the last 150 years.

• The US is the premier global superpower.• USSR has Red Army, a force to be reckoned

with.

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Global Economy

• Takes shape after WWII• International Monetary Fund• World Bank• General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade –

expand the existing global economy by reducing tariffs.

Page 12: The Legacy of WWII. World War I and World War II Powers in World War II hold out for the bitter end. In WWI, once defeat was likely, Germany gave up

San Francisco• 50 nations meet to charter the United Nations

in April, 1945.• All member nations sit on the General

Assembly.• 5 major powers – US, USSR, GBR, FRN, and

CHN sit on the Security Council. • 10 other nations hold two year terms on the

security council.

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Veto Power

• The ability of one of the permanent members of the security council to veto any major resolution it does not approve of.

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Israel

• Israel is founded as a free and independent Jewish state in Palestine in 1948.

• It is immediately recognized by the US.

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America Takes the Lead

• Isolationist sentiment declines• World peace is a priority to continue

prosperity• Opens discussion for Civil Rights• Redistribution of wealth in the country


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