Thursday, March 12, 2009

Rebuilding After WW2

In February 1945, for 8 days, Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin met at the Black Sea resort city of Yalta, in the Soviet Union. Roosevelt managed to convince Churchill to agree separating Germany into 4 zones; American, British, Soviet, and French. Stalin also promised "free and unfettered elections," and agreed with joining the war against Japan. He also agreed to participate in the international conference in April at San Francisco, forming the United Nations.
Meanwhile in Germany, the Nuremberg trials were happening, arresting or sentencing deaths to Nazis. Hitler's most trusted party officials, government ministers, military leaders, and powerful industrialists were put in, sentencing 12 out of 24 to death. 200 more Nazi's were found guilty later on, but many others did go free. Many argue that the trials were too easy on some of the defendants. 
Trials were also happening for the Japanese, causing the execution of Prime Minister Tojo. MacArthur, in Japan, introduced free-market practices, as well as a constitution for woman suffrage and and basic freedoms for citizens known as the MacArthur constitution. 
In the US, the Japanese American Citizens League got Reagan to sign a bill, giving $20,000 to every Japanese-American that was sent to a relocation camp during the war.
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12 comments:

  1. PalatialEMZOMarch 12, 2009 at 9:54 AM

    good factual basis with smooth transitions. :]

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  2. rabeaMarch 12, 2009 at 11:08 AM

    It would be nice to explain why FDR wanted germany separated into 4 zones.
    -Lisa

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  3. rabeaMarch 12, 2009 at 11:09 AM

    The summary is presentable and very easy to follow.

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  4. MiyabiMarch 12, 2009 at 11:16 AM

    Thank you for the summary.
    Japan decided to abstain from entering war after WWII.

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  5. madeleineMarch 12, 2009 at 9:28 PM

    Nice summary. Your ideas are all clearly linked and has a nice flow.

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  6. AndrésMarch 16, 2009 at 8:17 PM

    I agree with Lisa, I was left wondering why the 4 zones were to be created in the first place. Also, an short explanation of who MacArthur was would have been nice. Overall, good job though.

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  7. AnonymousMarch 17, 2009 at 10:04 PM

    Why was Germany split into four? Good length on each paragraphs about the conference, Nazis, and Japan.

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  8. Rafael BrazonMarch 17, 2009 at 11:36 PM

    Agree with rabea, why germany needed to be splitted into four parts?

    Good job you guys, it easy to understand...

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  9. Fumi KobayashiMarch 19, 2009 at 9:34 PM

    it could have gone into more detail...

    such as why the trials were not easy

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  10. michaelMarch 30, 2009 at 9:35 AM

    overall nice job. you might want to expand on some of the ideas though

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  11. SilviaMarch 30, 2009 at 9:39 PM

    I like this post, it is very direct. In fact, I think that is sad that in our US History book they do not explain a lot about my country.
    In Italy, we had a Fascist dictatorship since 1925 and Mussolini abolished a lot of rights.
    The Fascist dictatorship was the first big totalitarian Fascist government in Europe and it contributed in many ways to Hitler's ambition.
    I think Italy was not a really big enemy during Woorld War II because the country could not afford a big and sofisticated weapon production as Germany and Japan had, because the country's economy was still based on agricolture.
    In fact, the process of freeing Europe bagan in 1943, with Operation Husky, when the Allies defeathed the Axis in Sicily.
    I have to say that I'm glad that I can live in a free country and not in a totalitarian country, led by cruel and selfish people.

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  12. susuultraNovember 1, 2018 at 11:52 AM

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