Rebuilding After WWII

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 to seperating 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 on trail, sentencing 12 out of the 24 to death. Two hundred Nazi's were found guilty later on, but many others did go free. Many non-Germans argue that the trials were too easy on the defendents.
Trials were also happening for the Japanese, causing the execution of Prime Minster Tojo. In 1945-1952, General MacArthur in Japan, introduced free-market practices, as well as a constitution for woman suffrage and basic freedoms for citizens known as the MacArthur Constitution.
In the US, 1978, 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.
Meanwhile, Stalin began installing satellite nations, dominating Eastern European countries. Kennan, an American diplomat, proposed a policy of containment, preventing communist rule. Secretary of State, George Marshall also introduced the Marshall Plan, attempting to help the millions of people in Western Europe that were living in refugee camps.