Treaty of Versailles
-know what it specifically did and how it helped lead to WWII
***Military.
*Germanys army reduced to 100,000 men. NO TANKS
*Germany not allowed airforce.
***Financial.
*The loss of vital territory would be a severe blow to germanys economy.
*Combined with the financial penalties linked to reparations($33 billion)
*Seemed to germans that allies were bankrupting them.
***General
*Germany had to admit full responsibility for starting the was. "clause 231" War guilt clause
*A League of Nations was set up to keep world peace.
II. League of Nations
-define and explain it's weaknesses
*It was a peace keeping organization.
*Woodrow wilsons final and main plan in the 14 points to get us out of war.
***Weaknesses
* The U.S not being in it.
-Why didn't the US join
*They felt it would pull us into war.
*U.S was more isolationist and didnt want to get involved with european conflicts.
*They didnt have their own military.
*For anything to happen they required a unanimous vote.
III. Know the basics about the following countries:
-How did WWI/Treaty of Versailles impact this country
-How did this country change in the 1920's/1930's(includes leader coming to power and their goals).
-What was/were this countries military strategies in the 1920's and 1930's.
-How was this country involved on WWII(what alliance did they belong to, how were they involved within the war)
Germany-
Treaty of Versailles: More info above! Most impacted country.
Government: Parliamentry republic. Hitler was the appointed as the Chancler to get germany back on their feet. He Got rid of the democracy and made himself the leader.
***Weimer republic or democracy. It was the first time germany had ever had a democracy.
***Blamed the Weimer Republic for casting all the problems.
Italy
- Italy was an ally of the U.S. in World War I
- They were angry because they did not get all the land they were promised
- Had a constitutional monarchy at first with King Emmanuel
- Benito Mussolini worked his way up through the military and the king helped him develop his own government
- Part of the Facist party
- Basically a dictatorship where everything you do should benefit your country
- Italy was very weak militarily
- The king asked Mussolini to become the leader because he knew he would not allow communism
- Mussolini gave army jobs, stregthened the military/economy, and kept out communists
- Mussolini got a big head and wanted to dominate the mediteranean area and as much of Africa as possible
Soviet Union
- Treaty of versilles didnt effect them a whole lot.
- Joseph Stalin took over for Vladmir Lenin
- Started becoming a dictator and pushed for industry, telling farmers how to plant their crops.
- Nationalization-industry
- government too over businesses and industries in the Soviet Union
- Collectivization- Farms
- goverment took over farms
- took them from farmers and told them they worked for the Soviet Union
- many farmers fought back.
- ******Stalin was building tanks and guns before food so people were dying of starvation.
- Had a red army.
- Stalin was NOT ready for german army.
- Their military was strong but their people were suffering
- Killed any opponents too
- More people died under his reign than under Hitler's
- His goal was to improve the economy's output
- Military strategy: had red army
- Stalin was not ready for the German army
- Destroyed everything during their retreat so that Germany could not use anything
- Allies with Germany at first in the Soviet-German non-Agression pact where they agreed not to fight
- Soviets invaded Poland and did a bad job and Germany invaded them
- Then throughout most of the war they were allies with Great Britain, France, and the U.S.
- Winston Churchill said we should be more concerned with the Soviets than Germany
- Soviets had the highest number of causualties in WWII
Japan
Great Britain
- Treaty gave them german colonies in africa.
- They got alot of money from Germany
- Part of the Allied Powers
- They were getting bombed every night throughout the war
- Lost some of its great powers and its empire fell apart.
- Winston Churchill was the Prime Minister
- told his people to keep fighting and never give up
France
- Treaty of Versailles gave them land back from Germany.
- They got colonies in Africa
- Got alot of war reparations (money)
- The leader was Charles DeGall he was the leader of the free french underground.
- They were very happy about the german army being diminished
- Marshal Henri Petain led the Vichy Government
- Got demolished by German Bliskkreg
- took a defensive military strategie
- Goals were, promote industrial growth, give algeria independence, and to keep germany weak and prevent war from happening.
- Built i giant fortification system to keep Germany from invading
- It didnt work.
- Allied Powers
- Alot of France was hit hard
China
- They didnt sign the treaty
- Chaing Kai Shek
- He was the leader of the nationist party
- Mao Zedong
- he is communist
US
Canada
Australia
IV. Hitler's Treatment of the Jews
V. Munich Conference-Policy of Appeasement
VI. US Role in the 1920's/1930's
-Washington Naval Conference
-Kellog-Briand Pact
-Neutrality Acts throughout the 1930's
-Quarantine Speech
-Bases for Destroyers
-Lend-Lease Act
VII. Soviet-German Non-Aggression Pact
VIII. Outbreak of War--Blitzkrieg!!
-Japan and China
-Germany and Poland
-Germany and France
-Germany and Great Britain
-Germany and the Soviet Union
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