JAPAN
7. What role did they play in WWII?
they were al isand thing so they had limited resources.. so they began to take over asia to get resources but they had a dilema with resources being restricted by the united states.
1941- seized manchuria
1937-began a war against china so fdr shut off all trade with japan
they wanted to expand their empire
the us pacific fleet at pearl harbor was capable of challenging japans navy
american bases in the phillipines could threaten lines of communication
they wanted to destrpy all american powers in the pacific
its navy would neutralize the american navy with an attack on pearl harbor
then they would go attack the phillipines
then took control of malaya the netherlands indies the phillipines wake island guam the gilbert islands thailand and burma
if japan would not have had control of so many islands we would have won the war earlier... the island hopping made it a slow victory for us
8. Who were their allies in WWII?
axis powers: germany, italy, hungary, romania, slovakia, bulgaria, croatia, and manchucho
9. How did WWII impact/effect the country?
japan was destoyed.. all cities and industries damaged.. severe shortage of food.. had to have allied powers in their countries.. us was in charge of watching over japan in 1945. lost all of the territory they had since 1894. war crime trials.. 500 military officers commited suicide.. the emperor lost all political and military power.. japan was forbidden to ever lead a war again or to maintain an army. this is still in use today, they ares still anti-war/anit-army. many people were effected by atomic bombs.. caused things like burnings and blindness and scars.
SOVIET UNION
1. How did the Treaty of Versailles impact them?
lost some land.. the brest-litovsk treaty made them lose a lot of things to germany such as like population and industry and.. bad stuff. they signed this because they lost so much during WWI and they were already in their own revolution so they couldn't afford to fight both at once.
2. What type(s) of government did this country have in the interwar years(1919-1938)?
in 1917, vladimir lenin, statred a single-party dictatorship under the Boldhrviks. they became a member of the league of nations.. they were not allowerd to join because of radical policies of their communist govenment until 1935.
3. How did their leader, that led them throughout WWII, come to power?
when lenin died in 1924, stalin rose to power.
4. How did this leader change their country(for the better and worse) prior to WWII?
he had a command economy that replaced the new economic policy. he wanted to regain russias land that was lost in WWI.. he signed the non-aggression pact with hitler to give him more time to build up his army. he made these five year plans in which in a five year time plan he hope to incresed the amount of things the soviet union could make within a five year time span. he wanted to modernize the economy build a strong military spread ideas of communism
5. What were the goals of the leader?
he made these five year plans in which in a five year time plan he hope to incresed the amount of things the soviet union could make within a five year time span. he wanted to modernize the economy build a strong military spread ideas of communism
6. What was the military strategy of this country in the inter-war years(1919-1938)?
wanted to always have safe secure borders.. after WWII he took all of eastern europe.. did everything they could to make sure their communist countries were surrounding.. wanted to make a deal with germany.. was to get back all the land they had lost in WWI.. invade estonia, latvia, lithuania,
7. What role did they play in WWII?
at war with germany and the axis powers.. signed non aggression pact with Hermany which split up poland in 1939.. over 90000 german troops at stalingrad surrendered to the soviets on january 31 1943. huge turning point in the war against germany..
8. Who were their allies in WWII?
allies.. england united states and france.. then a bunch of little ones.
9. How did WWII impact/effect the country?
lost over 20 million people.. more than any country involved in WWII.. armies remained powerful.. expanded its boreders because they defeated germany finland poland czechoslovakia and romania.
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