The End of WW2
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• __________________ – city in Germany where Nazi war crimes trials were held
• United Nations (UN) – __________________________________________________________________
• ____________________ – state of tension and hostility between the United States and its allies and the Soviet Union and its allies; rarely resulted in direct armed conflict
• _________________________ – the policy of limiting communism to the areas already under Soviet control
• Marshall Plan – ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
• _____________________________________________ (NATO) –
a military alliance among several North Atlantic states to safeguard them from the presumed threat of the Soviet Union’s communist bloc
• Warsaw Pact – ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
What issues arose in the aftermath of World War II and how did new tensions develop?
As many as ________________________ had been killed in World War II. After it ended, the Allies faced difficult decisions about the future.
The ________________________________________________________________________________. The U.S. Marshall Plan offered aid in rebuilding Europe. But the Soviet Union and the West quickly developed into worldwide rivals—the beginning of the ________________________
In 1945, ________________________________________________________________________ and other countries were in ruins.
• Cities, factories, harbors, bridges, and railroads were destroyed.
• More than twenty million refugees ________________________________
• __________________________________________________ were rampant.
The Allies ____________________________________________________.
After the war, the horrors committed by the ________________________ became apparent to the world.
• The full extent of the inhumanity of the Holocaust was revealed.
• At the ______________________________________, a number of Nazi leaders were tried for war crimes and sentenced to death. Similar trials were held in Japan.
• The Allies built new democratic governments in ________________________________________ to promote tolerance and peace.
The __________________________________ was another attempt to promote peace.
• In April 1945, delegates from ___________ met to form a ____________________________________________
• Each nation had one vote. However, the five permanent members of the Security Council—the _______________________________________________________________________________________—could veto any decision.
• The UN was given the authority to back up its resolutions with economic sanctions or ________________________________________________.
____________________________________________________________________________________ between the former Allies.
The United States and Britain wanted Stalin to ____________________________________________ in Soviet-occupied Eastern Europe.
Stalin ignored his promise. He wanted to ___________________________ and make Eastern Europe a buffer against Germany.
Conflicting ideologies and ______________________________ soon led to ____________________________.
By 1948, _______________________________________________________________, backed by the Red Army.
New conflicts developed outside of Eastern Europe. Stalin was menacing _______________, and also ____________________ in the Dardanelles.
President Harry Truman set forth the _____________________________________. This policy said that communism should be limited to the areas already under Soviet control.
The United States helped ____________________________________________________ in Western Europe.
• The ________________________________________________________ to decimated countries.
• Truman hoped the Marshall Plan would ___________________________________________________________.
• Stalin refused the aid and forbade Eastern European countries to accept aid.
Germany became a focus of the Cold War.
• Western Allies united their zones of control and _______________________________.
• The _________________________________________ to rebuild the German economy.
• Stalin held on to East Germany.
• In an effort to drive Western powers out of Berlin, Stalin ___________________________________ to the parts of the city they controlled in June 1948.
• The United States and Britain organized the ______________________ to drop food and supplies into West Berlin.
• After more than a year, __________________________________________
As tensions grew, ________________________________________ took shape.
Twelve countries, including the United States and nations in Western Europe, formed _______________. Members pledged to _____________________________________________________________
The Soviet Union and its satellites in Eastern Europe formed the _________________________. The Soviets often used Warsaw Pact troops to keep its satellites in order.
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