Great Britain- treaty of Versailles split up German land; got some African colonies, compensation for war reparations from Germany; constitutional monarchy, had king/queen but had to follow the constitution; Chamberlin gave Germany Czechoslovakia, Churchill elected Prime Minister right before WWII; Germany was bombing gb, Churchill wouldn’t surrender; major alliance of ours, country as base of operations; lost their power status, empire fell apart, everything destroyed because of bombsFrance- treaty of Versailles got some land back from Germany, colonies in Africa, pleased with German military being dismantled, though treaty was too easy on Germany, war reparations; semi-presidential democracy; Charles de Gaulle and Reynaud, Charles leader of free French underground-French people who fled France to gb, govt in London during WWII, president after war, Reynaud minister of war, southern part of France led by Vichy govt and leader Marshal Petain who listened to whatever Hitler said, helped gather French Jews to take them to concentration camps; goals- promote industrial growth by new French currency, independence to Algeria, make and keep Germany weak; French demolished by Germany; defensive, built Maginot line concrete barrier between Germany and France, didn’t work; Vichy govt allies with Germany axis powers, official part of allied powers; didn’t fully recover, hit hard but not as hard as WWI, no longer superpowerChina- didn’t sign treaty, Japan got some China land; empire to republic, Chaing Kai Shek hated communism, leader of nationalist party, Mao Zedong was communist and more of a dictator; Japan invades for resources, rape of Nanking many innocent killed, lots of women raped by soldiers, demolished much of China
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