Section 5

The Human Cost of WWII

-20,000,000 soldiers killed

-Millions more wounded

-Soviet Union had most losses

-Civilian deaths range from 40,000,000 to 60,000,000

-20,000,000 Soviet deaths

-10,000,000 Japanese deaths

Winners and Losers

-US came out as an economic powerhouse

-Helped out Europe

-Marshall Plan

-Gave $13,000,000,000 to aid Europe

Changes in Society

-G.I. Bill of Rights (1944)

-Provided low interest home loans to veterans

-Provided retirement pension

-Provided money to go to college

-7.8 m veterans

-Was a way to keep the returning soldiers from flooding the employment pool

-Still in place today

-$75,000 to go to college

Nuremberg Trials

-World created a court to try the Nazi leaders for their crimes

-Started in November 1945 in Nuremberg Germany

-24 top Nazi leaders tried

-19 found guilty (12 sentenced to death)

-Total of 185 Nazis tried (in later trials)

United Nations

-In April 1945, delegates from 50 countries met in San Francisco

-Wanted to create a world peacekeeping organization

-League of Nations was a failure

-June 1945, approved UN charter