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- free french underground led by charles de gaulle.. their goal was to free france from german control
- vichy government.. pro-nazi government.. allowed to rule the southern part of france.
3. How did their leader, that led them throughout WWII, come to power?
- george clemenceau.. went to signing of the treaty of versailles
- charles de gaulle.. only leader who had success in defeating the germans, eventually becaume president of france
- eduardo daldier.. prime minister.. went to the munich conference paul reynaud was a war minister but was replaces with charles de gaulle
- daladier and reynaud were arrested by the vichy government and were taken as prisoners by the germans
4. How did this leader change their country(for the better and worse) prior to WWII?
- focused on defensive military strategies.. losing strategy
5. What were the goals of the leader?
- de gaulle. free france from german control. avoid war and german invasion
- vichy government.. help the nazis out
6. What was the military strategy of this country in the inter-war years(1919-1938)?
- focused on defensive strategies... the maginot line was a wall meant to defend the French on the boarders of Italy and Germany
- their defensive strategy didnt work out so hot
- maginot line which was baically a concrete wall thing.. concrete fortification, tank obstacles, artillery casements, machine gun posts.. germany just went around it on some river and yeah..
7. What role did they play in WWII?
- provided battlefields.. developed their army on the boarder of germany and waited for them to attack
- they free french underground fought with troups
- the vichy government worked with ther germans and the japanese with the axis powers.. so they were kinda almost on both sides i think. pretty sure actually.
8. Who were their allies in WWII?
- britain, united states, soviet union, china, australia, canada (main ones)
9. How did WWII impact/effect the country?
- high casualties
- super debt
- no longer powerful militarily
- led to the vietnam conflict/war
ITALY
1. How did the Treaty of Versailles impact them?
2. What type(s) of government did this country have in the interwar years(1919-1938)?
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)?
- to help hitler and not overrun him
- to keep supplied by the twin town
- the italian compaign of WWII was the name of the allied operations in and around italy from 1943 to the end of the war in europe
7. What role did they play in WWII?
- stayed in isolation at first
- helped hitler
- military didnt care all too much.. lazy?
- musilina wanted to make the mediteranian sea an italian lake (wanted to take africa)
8. Who were their allies in WWII?
- germany austria and hungary japan parts of yugoslavia, french navy
9. How did WWII impact/effect the country?
- lost all of the colonies
- government collapsed once the germans came into italy
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