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Ww2 Turning Point

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The most important turning point in History covered during World History 2 is World War 2. While there are many major turning points in the history of the world, WW2 stands out the most as the war that changed everything. World War 2 affected the geographical, economical, and social aspects of the world. After World War II ended, a conference was held in Potsdam to create peace treaties between the former Axis and Allied forces. At this conference, it was determined that Berlin, the capital of Germany, as well as Germany itself would be divided into four zones and placed under the control of the United States, France, Great Britain and the Soviet Union. Later, the nation was re-divided into East and West Germany. The Allies issued a statement of aims of their occupation of Germany: demilitarization, democratization, decentralization, and decartelization. It was also agreed that Nazi war criminals would be put to trial. German industrial …show more content…

Because so much of Europe had been destroyed during the war, many European countries were heavily in debt to the United States and could not afford to rebuild themselves. The United States was able to contribute more than $13 billion worth of food and other good to Europe. The Marshall Plan, which was the European recovery program, was an American initiative to aid western Europe. The goals of the United States were to rebuild war-devastated regions, remove trade barriers, modernize industry, make Europe prosperous once more and prevent the spread of communism. The Marshall Plan aid was divided amongst the participant states on per capita basis. A larger amount was given to the major industrial powers. By 1952, as the funding ended, the economy of every participant state had surpassed pre-war levels; forall Marshall Plan recipients, output in 1951 was at least 35% higher than in

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