The “Big Three”

Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt, Joseph Stalin

Yalta: February, 1945y FDR wants quick Soviet entry into Pacific war.y FDR & Churchill agree that Stalin needs a

buffer (land) between the Soviet Union and Germany

y FDR & Stalin want some of the land Germany invaded.

y FDR and Stalin want a weak Germany.y Churchill wants a strong Germany as a buffer

against Staliny FDR wants the creation of a ‘United

Nations’ that will replace the League of Nations

Potsdam Conference:July, 1945

y FDR dead, Churchill out of office as Prime Minister during conference.

y Stalin only original.y The United States

has the A-bomb.y Allies agree Germany

is to be divided into occupation zones

y Poland moved around to suit the Soviets.

P.M. Clement President Joseph Atlee Truman Stalin

The Manhattan Project:Los Alamos,

NM

Dr. Robert Oppenheimer

I have become death,

the shatterer of worlds!

Major GeneralLesley R. Groves

Tinian Island, 1945

Little Boy Fat ManLittle Boy Fat Man

Enola Gay Crew

Col. Paul Tibbets & the A-Bomb

Hiroshima – August 6, 1945

© 70,000 killed immediately.

© 48,000 buildings.

destroyed.© 100,000s died of

radiation poisoning & cancer later.

Nagasaki – August 9, 1945

©40,000 killed immediately.

©60,000 injured.©100,000s died of

radiation poisoning& cancer later.

Japanese A-Bomb Survivors

V-J Day (September 2, 1945)

WW II Casualties: Europe

Each symbol indicates 100,000

dead in the appropriate theater

of operations

WW II Casualties: Asia

Each symbol indicates 100,000

dead in the appropriate theater

of operations

WW II Casualtie

s

Country Country Men in war Men in war Battle deaths Battle deaths WoundedWoundedAustralia Australia 1,000,000 1,000,000 26,976 26,976 180,864180,864Austria Austria 800,000 800,000 280,000 280,000 350,117350,117Belgium Belgium 625,000 625,000 8,460 8,460 55,51355,51311

BrazilBrazil22 40,334 40,334 943 943 4,2224,222Bulgaria Bulgaria 339,760 339,760 6,671 6,671 21,87821,878Canada Canada 1,086,3431,086,34377 42,04242,04277 53,14553,145ChinaChina33 17,250,5217,250,52

1 1 1,324,516 1,324,516 1,762,0061,762,006

Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia — — 6,6836,68344 8,0178,017Denmark Denmark — — 4,339 4,339 ——Finland Finland 500,000 500,000 79,047 79,047 50,00050,000France France — — 201,568 201,568 400,000400,000Germany Germany 20,000,0020,000,00

0 0 3,250,0003,250,00044 7,250,0007,250,000

Greece Greece — — 17,024 17,024 47,29047,290Hungary Hungary — — 147,435 147,435 89,31389,313India India 2,393,891 2,393,891 32,121 32,121 64,35464,354Italy Italy 3,100,000 3,100,000 149,496149,49644 66,71666,716Japan Japan 9,700,000 9,700,000 1,270,000 1,270,000 140,000140,000Netherlands Netherlands 280,000 280,000 6,500 6,500 2,8602,860New Zealand New Zealand 194,000 194,000 11,62511,62544 17,00017,000Norway Norway 75,000 75,000 2,000 2,000 ——Poland Poland — — 664,000 664,000 530,000530,000Romania Romania 650,000650,00055 350,000350,00066 ——South Africa South Africa 410,056 410,056 2,473 2,473 ——U.S.S.R. U.S.S.R. — — 6,115,0006,115,00044 14,012,0014,012,00

00United Kingdom United Kingdom 5,896,000 5,896,000 357,116357,11644 369,267369,267United States United States 16,112,5616,112,56

6 6 291,557 291,557 670,846670,846

Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 3,741,000 3,741,000 305,000 305,000 425,000425,000

1. Civilians only.2. Army and navy figures.3. Figures cover period

July 7, 1937 to Sept. 2, 1945, and concern only Chinese regular troops. They do not include casualties suffered by guerrillas and local military corps.

4. Deaths from all causes.5. Against Soviet Russia;

385,847 against Nazi Germany.

6. Against Soviet Russia; 169,822against Nazi Germany.

7. National Defense Ctr., CanadianForces Hq., Director of History.

Massive Human Dislocations

The U.S. & the U.S.S.R. Emerged as the Two

Superpowers of the later 20c

The Division of Germany:1945 - 1990

The Creation of the U. N.

The Nuremberg War Trials:

Crimes Against Humanity

Japanese War Crimes Trials

General General Hideki TojoHideki Tojo

Bio-Bio-Chemical Chemical

ExperimentExperimentss

7 Future American Presidents Served in World War II

The Emergence of Third World Nationalist

Movements