History Soars at Pheonix  

Lecture Guide: End & Effects of WWII

PEACE CONFERENCES:

 

Allies begin to meet ________________ war ends to determine ____________.

 

Casablanca:

• January 1943

• __________ war conference between the Allies

• Only _________ and _____________ met (Stalin did not want to leave USSR under Hitler’s ___________)

• Determined the war would only ________ with an ____________________ of Axis powers

Tehran:

• December 1943

• __________ time Stalin, Churchill, and Roosevelt ______ in ___________.

• Discuss how to create a _____________ peace after World War II

• Decide to create a _______________

  • Officially formed ____ years later in S.F.

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  • Signed in 1945 by _____ countries

  • Based in New York City

Yalta:

• February 1945 “________________” meet – Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin

• _________ that war in ___________ was nearly over and the __________ would ______.

• Decisions:

1. Divide ____________ into 4 zones (U.S, Britain, France, USSR)

 

2. Stalin __________ free elections in ___________________ (for example Poland).

 

3. Stalin promises to help fight _____________

 

4. Continued discussion on details of United Nations

 

V-E Day!!! May 1945

 

Potsdam

• July 1945

• Truman, Churchill, & Stalin meet to continue peace talks

• Stalin had not allowed ________ elections yet

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• War in __________ still going on

 

END OF WWII

 

• U.S. drops ______________________________ on Japan.

 

• Japan Surrenders – August 14th, 1945

  • V-J Day (__________________________)

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• Costs of War

                  Americans Killed/Missing =

                  Americans Wounded =

                  Cost in 1945 Dollars =

                  Cost in 1990 Dollars =

 

• Nuremberg Trials

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• Effects on American Homefront

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• Effects on American Foreign Policy

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