Punishing Germany

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  • Created on: 18-01-17 13:53
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  • Punishing Germany
    • Yalta Conference
      • Feb.1945
      • Three Allied leaders met with Stalin
      • Consider what to do with Germany after war
      • To divide Germany into four zones
      • To divide Berlin into four zones
      • To hunt down Nazi war criminals
      • Could not agree on what to do with Poland
    • Postdam Conference
      • July 1945
      • War had ended
      • Soviet troops liberated countries controlled by Germany
        • Latvia
        • Finland
      • Divide Germany and Berlin
      • To demilitarise Germany
      • Re-establish democracy in Germany
      • Germany had to pay reparations in weapons and equip.
      • Ban Nazi Party
      • To move Poland's frontier
    • Nuremberg Trials
      • Put leading members of Nazi Germany on trial
      • Began: Nov.1945
      • Accused of things like committing crimes against peace
      • 200 Nazis tried
        • 142 found guilty
        • 24 sentenced to death
          • 11 of these amended to life impr.
        • 20 sentenced to life imprs.
        • 98 given prison sentences
        • 35 acquitted
        • four committed suicide

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