The End of WW2 - Mr Barck's Classroom



The End of WW2 name:

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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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