Europe in Ruins
The European nation that suffered the most casualties.
The USSR.
the plan for the us to rebuild western Europe economically
The marshall plan
Churchill famously declared this had fallen over eastern europe
An iron curtain
the two nuclear bombs dropped on Japan that were the only nuclear bombs ever used in war
the fat man and the little boy
Macarthurs process of preventing a future war with Japan by decreasing its military
demilitarization
this event was the inspiration for Kurt Vonnegut's most successful novel
the firebombing of dresden
The state created from the western occupation of germany
west germany
The policy that declared European nations could have 400 million dollars to rebuild if they rejected communism
the Truman doctrine
the scientist who famously declared "I am become death"
j Robert oppenheimer
the process of establishing democracy in japan
democratization
the bombing of campaign carried out over by the Luftwaffe over britan
The blitz
The famous trials that brought Nazis to jucistice occurred here
nuremberg
The promises of free elections in eastern Europe had been given here
Yalta
The American general in charge of the Pacific campaing
Douglas Macarthur
The two house parliament established in postwar japan
The diet
The monetary cost of the wars for all of the allies combined.
~600 Billion USD
The french resistance fighter who emerged as a clear political leader after the war
charles de gaulle
The effort to resupply west Berlin through air
the Berlin airlift
what invasion caused Japan to lose its most important colony
soviet invasion of manchuria
The day the new Japanese constitution went into effect
May 3, 1947
The civilian casualties in these four countries: Great Britain, France, USSR, Germany, and Japan.
~12 Million People
The name of Hitler's deputy convicted at nuremberg
Rudolf hess
The name of 20th centurey battle of ideologies that pitted the US and USSR against each other
The cold war
J robert Oppenheimer's famous quote taken from the bhagavad gita
I am become a death destroyer of worlds
The war officially ended when the United States and 47 other nations signed a formal peace on this date
September 1951