We started today by reviewing what we talked about yesterday. Then we started talking about the Financial consequences of the Treaty of Versailles. Germany had to pay 33 billion, and it had a negative effect on Germanys economy. They went into a depressions. Witht he Treaty of Versailles getrmany had to admit full responsiblility for starting the war. This was the infamous "War Guilt Clause" (Clause 231). They were responsible for all the war damage caused by the First WW, they had to pay reparations the bulk of f which would go to France and Belgium to pay for the damage done to both countries by the war, that's where they got the $33 billion that they owed. The Treaty of Versailles also set up the League of Nations for world peace.
We then talked a little about the League of Nations. It's a world wide peace keeping organization, the goal is to keep peace and keep war out of the world. It's weaknesses were one, the US never joined it. The league of nations didn't have an army, so they couldn't do anything. We then started our blog discussion.
-Right after WW1 germany became a democracy. Vimar Republic. The president of this appointed Hitler as Chancler. Chancler is the guy that runs the day-to-day government buisness. Hitler really quickly got rid of the democracy. He used a clause to help get rid of the democracy. He called himself the fuerer, which means leader, in Germany. Prior to WW2 hitler got Germany back on their feet by building up the military. He promised people that they would get the land back that they lost, and that they' become the most powerful European country. But, at first he promised people jobs. Some of his goals were for Europe to be the supreme power, and to conquer all the lands that had German bred people. Also, he really wanted to get rid of the jews. Other goals were to give German people jobs, and to restart the economy. Germanys military strategy during th 1920's got shut down.
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