World history/WHME103/WWII aftermath/WWII effects

Reading

View of judges panel during testimony, Nuremberg Trials 1945

Read the below article, from the Saylor Foundation. As you do so, consider the following questions:

• What was the purpose of creating the United Nations?

• What were the Nuremberg Trials designed to achieve?

Saylor Foundation, 'The Effects of the Second World War', February 2013.

Reflect on this reading by posting a comment for your fellow students in WEnotes below. For example:

• At Nuremberg ...

• The UN ...

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