Feb 15- Took group test
Feb 16- Introduction to WWII
Feb 17- Finished Introduction Notes
INTRODUCTION
Axis of Powers
Germany, Italy, Japan
Allied Powers
America, Great Britain, France, Soviet Union, China
Major fronts of WWII
Soviet front, African front
Mussolini- Italy
Winston Churchill- Great Britain
Joseph Stalin- Soviet Union
Hideki Tojo- Japanese military leader
Hirohito- Japanese emperor
Treaty of Versailles
ended WWI
Woodrow Wilson present
Hitler wanted to get back the land that was taken from Germany in WWI
Land was given to France, Belgium, Denmark
Russia lost its land (Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia)
Military
Reduced to 100,000 men but Hitler would train them, then let them go in order to build his Army
The Rhineland area of Germany was made into a demilitarized zone
No subs or airforce
Financial
Germany had to pay 33 million dollars
The loss of vital industrial territory would be a severe blow to the German economy
Germany forbidden to unite with Austria
High inflation- money was worthless
General
War Guilt Clause- germany had to admit full responsibility for starting the war
A League of Nations was set up to keep world peace
Peace Attempts
League of Nations
World wide peace keeping organization
Weakness-
US didn’t join
Required unanimous approval
Didn’t have a military force
WA Naval Conference
4 Power pact
Treaty signed by the United States, Great Britain, Fance and Japan at the WA Naval Conference
Countries agreed to respect each others possessions in the Pacific and not seek further terriroty
5 Power pact
Great Britain, US, Japan, France, Italy
Designed to prevent an Arm’s race
It limited the construction of battleships, battle cruisers and aircraft carriers
Did not restrict cruisers, destroyers and submarines
9 Power pact
Guaranteed Chinese independence and upheld the Open door policy
US, Japan, China, France, Great Britain, Italy Belgium Netherlands, Portugal
Kellogg-Braind Pact
Countries that signed agreed to not go to war to settle disputes
65 eventually signed it- including US
London Naval Conference
Concerned with the agreements reached in WA Naval Conference
US, UK, France, Italy, Japan
All five Agreed to a five- year halt on capital ship construction, tighter controls on submarine, warfare, and the continuation of limits on aircraft carriers
Impact of the Great Depression on the World
Allowed other militaries to come to power
Japanese aggression
Italian aggression
- German aggression
Feb 18- Project discussion and video
Comments
Good overall but you didn't do weeks 3.