China recap: not affected by treaty of versailles. mau was communist, shang was national leader, civil war. japan attacks again, mau and shang join forces to fight the japanese. china to japan was like russia to germany- bit off more than they could chew. japan attacks, shang flees to taiwan, but eventually china fights off japan. china was an allied power, although they didnt do much but fight japan.
USA- my topic. not rewriting.
Canada- not affected by the treaty of versailles. paid small amount of damage fees. got no benefits, they didnt want anything.
they were goverened by GB. but now they are completely independant, altho their figurehead and official head of state is the queen of england- but hey are independent and have their own parliament and all. its the same as with australia. weird.
wanted to expand the nation's capitol (moeny, economy) and gain some independence.
after WW2 they had the 4th largest navy and airforce. had lots of people in the war, so they played a significant role in terms of troops involved. WW2 bounced them out of the great depression, too. they ended up with lots of troops and supplies. good for them, lots of manufacturing.
Allied powers, obviously. after WW2, they gained more recognition as a country and had better technology. were involved wih the DDay thing, too. war put them into a huge industrial movement, kinda like the usa. during the war, they didnt really have a job, they were mostly volunteers. drafted ones.
Australia (last one)-
only got in the war because of germany invading poland. why? because they had ties with great britain- they were a british colony, so thye go pulled into it.
had several leaders throughout the war. lots or prime ministers, 5. john kirtan(sp?) was the main one.
john kirtan was aiming toward peace.
they had to pull troops out of europe when japan attacked them. they had a weak military, thanks to great depression. concerning war, they ended up asking the usa for help rather than GB. during war, they drifted towards independence. like canada.
important to us because of location. base of opporations to replace what we had in the philipines. australia was the last land in that area of the ocean not under the control of axis powers- it was free. a naval battle between us and japan took place, and we beat them for the first time. ahd they won, they would havemoved into australia. but that didnt happen, and they got slowly pushed back to japan.
and thats it for the WW2 countries assigned blog discussion.
the test over this stuff is gonna be a group test.
now we're moving to bruns's version on the big powerpoint. really big powerpoint. only starting it today.
gotta know the faces of the 6 main leaders (3 axis, 3 allied)
gotta know about the treaty of versailles and why it [helped to] lead to WW2.
define league of nations and why we never joined it. why did it fail?
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