Me ally and teresa decided on shindlers list for our assigned blog!
We are taking notes!
I. Treaty of Versailles
-know what it specifically did and how it helped lead to WWII
***Military.
*Germanys army reduced to 100,000 men. NO TANKS
*Germany not allowed airforce.
***Financial.
*The loss of vital territory would be a severe blow to germanys economy.
*Combined with the financial penalties linked to reparations($33 billion)
*Seemed to germans that allies were bankrupting them.
***General
*Germany had to admit full responsibility for starting the was. "clause 231" War guilt clause
*A League of Nations was set up to keep world peace.
II. League of Nations
-define and explain it's weaknesses
*It was a peace keeping organization.
*Woodrow wilsons final and main plan in the 14 points to get us out of war.
***Weaknesses
* The U.S not being in it.
-Why didn't the US join
*They felt it would pull us into war.
*U.S was more isolationist and didnt want to get involved with european conflicts.
*They didnt have their own military.
*For anything to happen they required a unanimous vote.
III. Know the basics about the following countries:
-How did WWI/Treaty of Versailles impact this country
-How did this country change in the 1920's/1930's(includes leader coming to power and their goals).
-What was/were this countries military strategies in the 1920's and 1930's.
-How was this country involved on WWII(what alliance did they belong to, how were they involved within the war)
Germany-
Treaty of Versailles: More info above! Most impacted country.
Government: Parliamentry republic. Hitler was the appointed as the Chancler to get germany back on their feet. He Got rid of the democracy and made himself the leader.
***Weimer republic or democracy. It was the first time germany had ever had a democracy.
***Blamed the Weimer Republic for casting all the problems.
Italy
Soviet Union
Japan
Great Britain
France
China
US
Canada
Australia
IV. Hitler's Treatment of the Jews
V. Munich Conference-Policy of Appeasement
VI. US Role in the 1920's/1930's
-Washington Naval Conference
-Kellog-Briand Pact
-Neutrality Acts throughout the 1930's
-Quarantine Speech
-Bases for Destroyers
-Lend-Lease Act
VII. Soviet-German Non-Aggression Pact
VIII. Outbreak of War--Blitzkrieg!!
-Japan and China
-Germany and Poland
-Germany and France
-Germany and Great Britain
-Germany and the Soviet Union
IX. Pearl Harbor
People who helped start WWII
**Germany-Adolf Hitler(Axis powers)
**Japan-To Jo(Axis powers)
**Italy-Benito Mussolini(Axis powers)
**Great Britain-Winston Churchill(Allied powers)
**U.S.-Franklin Roosevelt(Allied powers)
**Soviet Union-Joseph Stalin(Allied powers)
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