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FRANCE
1. How did the Treaty of Versailles impact them?
they were hoping to gain a sense of security because of their suffering from WWI, they wanted to regain the land of Alsace-Lorraine that Germany took from them in 1871... from the treaty they got a lot of land from Germany, they got money and German colonies from Africa
2. What type(s) of government did this country have in the interwar years(1919-1938)?
laissex-faire economics.. the Bloc Nation.. they didnt wanna help the lower class.. Cartel de Gauchos (socialists) replaced the Bloc Nation in 1926... france was a republic.. basically a democracy.. they were laissex faire.. hands off.. socialists didnt like this cause theyre hands on. in the 1930s the ideas of Fasciasm and Communism were popular.. their popular front government fell apart when Leon Blum was elected prime minister
3. How did their leader, that led them throughout WWII, come to power?
4. How did this leader change their country(for the better and worse) prior to WWII?
5. What were the goals of the leader?
6. What was the military strategy of this country in the inter-war years(1919-1938)?
focused on defense strategies... the maginot line was a wall meant to defend the French on the boarders of Italy and Germany
7. What role did they play in WWII?
8. Who were their allies in WWII?
9. How did WWII impact/effect the country?
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