HIS377H1 Lecture Notes - Decartelization, Zaibatsu, Denazification
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5 d"s. esp. division: democratization, de nazification, decartelization, demilitarization, division, return all annex territories, nuremburg trials. 80,000 people die in hiroshima soviets then invade manchuria no response from japanese high command they then drop another bomb 30 40,000 people die (nakasauki) takes a month for japan to surrender: rehabilitation and reconstruction, germany. The five d"s: denazification, demilitarization, division, democratization, americans believed that they could reboot germany culture to be more. Article ix: no longer able to have offensive army, social and economic reforms, de cartelization (zaibatsu, abolish japanese system of nobility, establish a house of representatives, women"s suffrage, permit divorce, lower voting age, allow for freedom of religion, europe, european recovery plan, sec state george c marshall (replaced byrnes, 13 billion in aid (grants) to western europe, offer rejected by soviet union, eastern europe, marshall won 1953 nobel peace prize for his efforts.
