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World War II – The Immediate Consequences of the War’s End
Unit 5 Chapter 26 Section 4
Unit 6 Chapter 27 Section 1
7.2.3 Part 5
Consequences of World War II - Devastation
• Germany• 500,000 German
civilians killed• Transportation and
fuel supplies destroyed
• Japan• Cities were destroyed
– Lack of Air Force– Cities made from flimsy
material collapsed quickly
The Atomic Bombs
• August 6, 1945 – “Enola Gay” drops “Little Boy” on Hiroshima– 190,000 killed
• August 9, 1945 – “Bockscar” drops “Fat Man” on Nagasaki– 73,000 killed
Consequences of World War II - Population
• Total deaths range anywhere from 60-80 million
• United States loses over 400,000
• Soviet Union loses almost 24,000,000
• Germany loses between 8 and 10% of their population
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Consequences of World War II - Population
• Holocaust results in 11,000,000 dead
• 6,000,000 of which are Jewish– 2/3’s of all European Jews killed
• Poland lost approximately 3,000,000 citizens
Consequences of World War II – The Atomic Age
• United States – Only country with nuclear weapons
• August, 1949 – USSR tests its first nuclear weapon
• USA vs. USSR in an arms race– Who can build the most
nuclear weapons
• Size of weapons and armies (arsenal) used in fighting Cold War– A war with no actual direct
conflict
Consequences of World War II – Germany and Japan
• Germany divided into east and west
• Berlin, the largest city, also divided– USA, England and
France control West– USSR controls East– Berlin Wall becomes
symbol of Cold War
• Japan cannot maintain their own army
• United States essentially acts as Japanese army
The Cold War
• No direct conflict between USSR and USA• Arms race begins in preparation for war
– 1949: USSR tests its first atomic bomb
• Suspicions of Communists within the United States
• Conflicts in Korea and Vietnam for Communist expansion
• Space race grows for inter-stellar colonization
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