- US emerged as superpower [industry and weapons tech had been crucial to victory] - Japan destroyed by bombs - Chinese recovering from Japanese attack and fighting Mao and Communist forces - Pacific Islands scarred from fighting and Bikini Atoll for nuclear testing - Stalin interpreted use of atomic bomb on Japan as threat

- US biggest concern = spread of Soviet Communism - Yalta: Germany divided into Trizone and Soviet Zone and agreement for Eastern Europe to have free elections - Stalin argued Eastern Europe was Soviet and needed as buffer zone between Russia and Germany - Marshall Plan - US offered economic aid to rebuilding European nations in hopes they would choose Democratic Capitalism - Successful - United Nations created as international peace-keeping assembly and LON replacement - Goal = preventing war using peacekeeping soldiers

7.14: Postwar Diplomacy Flashcards by Zarah Kosandar

CONSEQUENCES OF WWII

US emerged as superpower [industry and weapons tech had been crucial to victory]
Japan destroyed by bombs
Chinese recovering from Japanese attack and fighting Mao and Communist forces
Pacific Islands scarred from fighting and Bikini Atoll for nuclear testing
Stalin interpreted use of atomic bomb on Japan as threat

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POSTWAR ACTIONS

US biggest concern = spread of Soviet Communism
Yalta: Germany divided into Trizone and Soviet Zone and agreement for Eastern Europe to have free elections
Stalin argued Eastern Europe was Soviet and needed as buffer zone between Russia and Germany
Marshall Plan
US offered economic aid to rebuilding European nations in hopes they would choose Democratic Capitalism
Successful
United Nations created as international peace-keeping assembly and LON replacement
Goal = preventing war using peacekeeping soldiers

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