washington naval confrence--great britain, france, U.S., Japan, China ='.5 power pact.-- reducing the naval size// they built up on ships that were not thought of as fighting ships- agreed to keep the open door policy in china
I. Treaty of Versailles
-know what it specifically did and how it helped lead to WWII
The Treaty of Versailles was a peace treaty that was imposed on Germany by the Allied powers (France, Italy, UK, and US) ended WWI .signed on June 28, 1919. The Treaty in one way was used to punish Germany, for all the Allied powers believed that Germany started the war, and not it was their time to seek revenge. Germany had to take full responsibility for starting the war. Many people think that the Treaty of Versailles is what started WWII. President Woodrow Wilson--fourteen points. 12.5% of Germanys land was lost Pay reparations to other countries of 6.6 mil. The Treaty of Versailles also reduced Germany's trading with other countries. The treaty took away the German Navy, and reduced the size of their army Depression--A lot of people lost their jobs and joined the Communist and National Soicalist Parties. Many people were joining The National Socialist Party its leader, Adolf Hitler, was gaining more and more power.
II. League of Nations
-define and explain it's weaknesses
The League of Nations (LON) was an inter-governmental organization founded as a result of the Treaty of Versailles The League's primary goals included preventing war through collective security, disarmament, and settling international disputes through negotiation and arbitration. Other goals in this and related treaties included labor conditions, just treatment of native inhabitants, trafficking in persons and drugs, arms trade, global health, prisoners of war, and protection of minorities in Europe. It was weak because one, the united states was not a part of it and also they could not declare war so it was really pointless and lame.
III. Know the basics about the following countries:
Germany
1. How did the Treaty of Versailles impact them?
punished very harshley from this treaty.. took away land from them, took away a lot of their military strenght, made them pay, made them admit that they started WWI.
2. What type(s) of government did this country have in the interwar years(1919-1938)?
Weimar republic.. failed.. Hitler chancellor.. President dies.. Hitler becomes dictator
3. How did their leader, that led them throughout WWII, come to power?
when their presedent Hindenburg died Hitler positioned himself as dictator
4. How did this leader change their country(for the better and worse) prior to WWII?
he gave the Germans hope.. promised them money and jobs and cars.. this is what the people wanted to hear after the depression. he gave the people hope.. he also started the mass extermination of Jews in order to make his "perfect race" and take over the world
5. What were the goals of the leader?
to exterminate the Jews, to win the land back that was taken away from the treaty of versailles, and to eventually take over the world
6. What was the military strategy of this country in the inter-war years(1919-1938)?
blitzkreig- lightening warfare.. used tanks and airplanes and suprise attacks they also trained their soliders to use all new weaponry and equiptment
7. What role did they play in WWII?
they attacked many countries around them in order to win the land back they had lost after WWI from the treaty of versailles
8. Who were their allies in WWII?
axis powers
9. How did WWII impact/effect the country?
split into four sections.. mass destruction.. nazi party fell.. trails and suicide of dictator adolf hitler
Italy
1. How did the Treaty of Versailles impact them?
stayed neutral.. impacted by side treaties.. promised land but never received it (got land but not as much a s they wanted).. started facism
2. What type(s) of government did this country have in the interwar years(1919-1938)?
prime minister- vittorio orlando.. paris peace conference 1919 were problems.. resigned in 1919.. at first supporeted musoline.. facism started.. ideas that violence and war is ok.. will use violence in order to keep things in place and how it should be.. black shirts didnt agree with communism.. government did not interfere.. 1924 mussolini declared himself dictatos.. assassination of writer Giacomo Matelote by secret police.. was leader starting in 1922
3. How did their leader, that led them throughout WWII, come to power?
1921.. mussolini was elected chamber of deputies.. 1922 prime minister by the king.. june 10 1924 became dictator after assassination
4. How did this leader change their country(for the better and worse) prior to WWII?
used private army to fight people who were against facism.. helped transportation.. made different job opportunities.. started invadin countries such as africa.. started as an axis power but switched to an allied power
5. What were the goals of the leader?
wanted to colonize into aftica.. wanted to make italy "great respected and feared" .. used communication to make facism to seem ok
6. What was the military strategy of this country in the inter-war years(1919-1938)?
§ to help hitler and not overrun him
§ to keep supplied by the twin town
§ the italian compaign of WWII was the name of the allied operations in and around italy from 1943 to the end of the war in europe
7. What role did they play in WWII?
§ stayed in isolation at first
§ helped hitler
§ military didnt care all too much.. lazy?
§ musilina wanted to make the mediteranian sea an italian lake (wanted to take africa)
8. Who were their allies in WWII?
§ germany austria and hungary japan parts of yugoslavia, french navy
9. How did WWII impact/effect the country?
§ lost all of the colonies
§ government collapsed once the germans came into italy
Comments