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after the war

Many things changed once World War II was over. Much of Europe and Eastern Asia had been destroyed by the fighting and bombings that had taken place over many years. Also, many country's borders needed to be set and governments re-established where Germany or Japan had taken over. Europe was in much need of financial aid due to all the roads, bridges, buildings and more that had been destroyed in the fighting. The United States offered Aid in the form of the Marshall Plan to help Europe recover.

The Allies formed the United Nations in order to try and prevent World War III from happening. The United Nations was formed on October 24, 1945. There were 51 original member nations including 5 permanent Security Council members: China, France, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States. 


Europe became divided into the Eastern Bloc of nations and the West. The Eastern Bloc was led and controlled by the Soviet Union (Russia). These countries were run by communist governments and had their own alliance called the Warsaw Pact. The Western countries, including the United States, formed an alliance against communism called NATO. 

These two alliances, NATO and the Warsaw Pact, would take part in an arms race war called the Cold War. The Cold War never escalated into full war due to the fear of what would happen to the world if many countries started dropping atomic bombs. The Cold War would last for the next 45 years. 
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Use the links below to learn more about the effects of WWII. Specifically, look for answers to the following questions:
  1. What decisions were made at the Yalta Conference? Who was involved?
  2. What is the United Nations? What are some of the major accomplishments of the U.N?
  3. What was the results of the Potsdam meeting?
  4. Explain how the world map changed after WWII?
  5. Who came out of WWII as the SUPERPOWERS?
  6. What is the importance of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank?
  7. What were the results of the Geneva Convention?
  8. What were the results of the Nuremberg Trials?
  9. What is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights- 1948?
  10. What was the Marshall Plan?

Resources

Yalta Conference          Official United Nations Site                        History of the U.N.           Members of U.N.
Potsdam                        Changing borders through out WWII        Marshall Plan                   Fourth Geneva Convention
Nuremberg Trials

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