After WWll many countries were in rubble, and had been destroyed.
Many things changed once WWll 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. Germany had occupied much of Europe during WWll. Many of the countries in the west returned to the same governments and borders they had prior to the war. However, Germany was divided up into Eastern and Western Germany. The Eastern part was controlled by the USSR (Russia) and the western by the Allies. the USSR also took control of many of the countries in Eastern Europe where they had fought the Germans. These included Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia.
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 US offered aid in the form of a marshall plan to help Europe recover. The US and the Allies occupied Japan. They maintained control as Japan recovered from the war. Japan would become an independent nation again in 1952.
In Korea, the Allies, and the USSR divided up the country into North and South Korea. The plan was for Russia to control the north the Allies the south until a free election could be held for the entire country. This never happened as Russia later refused and the country is still split to this day with North Korea controlled by communists.In China, a civil war continued that started prior to WWll. It was between the communists and the nationalists. The communists won and fled to Taiwan.
After the war many leaders from Japan and Germany were brought to trial. They had broken the rules of war (according to the Geneva Convention) and had also committed crimes against humanity. These crimes included the Holocaust, slave labor, and the terrible treatment and torture of prisoners of war. Many of these leaders were executed for their crimes of war.
Many things changed once WWll 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. Germany had occupied much of Europe during WWll. Many of the countries in the west returned to the same governments and borders they had prior to the war. However, Germany was divided up into Eastern and Western Germany. The Eastern part was controlled by the USSR (Russia) and the western by the Allies. the USSR also took control of many of the countries in Eastern Europe where they had fought the Germans. These included Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia.
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 US offered aid in the form of a marshall plan to help Europe recover. The US and the Allies occupied Japan. They maintained control as Japan recovered from the war. Japan would become an independent nation again in 1952.
In Korea, the Allies, and the USSR divided up the country into North and South Korea. The plan was for Russia to control the north the Allies the south until a free election could be held for the entire country. This never happened as Russia later refused and the country is still split to this day with North Korea controlled by communists.In China, a civil war continued that started prior to WWll. It was between the communists and the nationalists. The communists won and fled to Taiwan.
After the war many leaders from Japan and Germany were brought to trial. They had broken the rules of war (according to the Geneva Convention) and had also committed crimes against humanity. These crimes included the Holocaust, slave labor, and the terrible treatment and torture of prisoners of war. Many of these leaders were executed for their crimes of war.