Feb 15-19

Monday- TEST

Tuesday- start WWII        HOMEWORK: WWII movie/documentary summary/reviews  1 due wednesday, 2nd due march 9th

Wednesday- WWII notes

Thursday-  https://mrbruns.ning.com/group/ushistory/forum/wwii-project-2  , start movie

Notes:

  • Axis powers vs allied powers
    • mother countries at war, colony countries at war
    • main axis powers
      • germany
      • japan 
      • italy
    • main ally powers
      • great britian
      • soviet union
      • france
      • US
      • china
  • WWII leaders
    • FDR
      • died during war
      • truman took over
    • hitler
      • leader of germany
    • joseph stalhn 
      • means steel
      • responsible for more deaths than hitler
    • churchill
      • we shall never surrender speech
    • mussolini
    • tojo
      • military leader
      • tried to kill himself
    • emperor hirohito
  • Treaty of versailles
    • treaty ending wwI
    • PUNISHED GERMANY BY THE FOLLOWING
    • Germany lost land to france/belgium/denmark
    • led to WWII
      • germany attacked france/belgium/denmark to get land back
    • germany was limited to
      • 100,000 men
      • no tanks, submarines, airforce
      • 6 naval ships
    • rhineland area was made into demilitarized sone
      • no germany soldiers/weapons
    • germany had to pay $33 billion to allies GB/France
    • when germany lost their land, it hurt their economy
    • germany had to admit for starting WWI
    • league of nations was set up to keep world peace
  • Peace attempts
    • league of nations
      • tries to keep peace world wide
      • weaknesses
        • in order for anything to happen, every country had to agree
        • US didn't join
        • no military force
    • washington naval conference
      • 4 power pact
        • signed by US, GB, France, and Japan
        • countries agreed to respect eachother and not take more territory
      • 5 power pact
        • signed by US, GB, France, and Japan and italy
        • designed to prevent arms race
        • limited the construction of battleships, battle cruisers, and aircraft carriers
          • loop hole by building other ships
      • 9 power pact
        • signed by US, GB, France, and Japan, italy, belgium, netherlands, portugal, and china
        • guarenteed chinese independence
        • upheld open door policy
      • Kellogg-briand pact
        • countries that signed agreed not to go to war to settle disputes
        • 65 countries signed it - main are china and US
      • London naval conference
        • got rid of loop holes from the 5 power pact
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