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Out of the ashes: the war's aftermath
The Allies won the war in 1945 and then had to decide what kind of peace would follow. This topic follows the conferences that shaped postwar Europe and Asia, the end of the war against Japan, the war's human cost, and the attempts to bring justice and rebuild Germany and Japan.
In this topic
- Planning a different peace
- Spheres of influence and the end in Europe
- Yalta and Potsdam
- Worked example: scientists weigh the bomb
- Japan surrenders
- The human toll
- Uprooted Europe
- Worked example: Nuremberg and international law
- Remaking Japan
- A changed world
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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