adding more to our countries notes!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 possibleSoviet 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 WWIIJapan-Received German teritory, many islands-Had an emperor, Emperor Hirohito-Hideki Tojo was the leader of the military-Hirohito approved the attacking of Pearl Harbor-They couldn't trade with anyone because of high tariffs, and they wanted natural resources/imports-Invaded Mancuria, Northern part of China, to get their resources-Invaded the rest of China in 1937 to dominate Southeast Asia and be the dominant power-Military had too much power and didn't listen to Hirohito-Everything in Japan was pretty much destroyed because the United States was bombing them every day with the two atomic bombs and conventional bombs (basic bombs, non-atomic)-Japan didn't want to invade the United States because they didn't think it would be easy-We weren't trading oil with them, and they really wanted us to-United States said Japan had to back out of China before oil would be traded with them again, but Japan didn't want to so they decided to bomb Pearl Harbor-Japan didn't want us to get into the war so they bombed us, because they thought they were wiping out our whole Navy-Many negative feelings came out after the Treaty of Versailles. They felt they deserved a place among the world powers but were being treated like a second-class nation-Admiral Yamamoto was educated in the United States but said if they wanted to beat us they had to take out the Pacific fleet-In the 1920s Japan did everything they could to make it look like they were close allies-When the great depression hit the military came to power and said if they can't trade anymore they will invade instead-Japan was practally demolished, but the United States helped rebuild it to stop the spread of CommunismGreat 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 upFrance■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 hardChina■They didnt sign the treaty■Chaing Kai Shek■He was the leader of the nationist party■Mao Zedong■he is communist-Japan invaded China and China suffered a lot but did not surrender-Thousands of people were killed by Japanese soldiers and women were raped by themUSCanada*It didnt impact them a whole lot.*Canada was a british colony and moved towards independance slowly*Government wasnt the best but it got better as time went on*William McKenzie King was the leader*Came to power by politics*Canadian Air force and navy were very significant*Ground Troops were a part of the DDay events*They didnt have the numbers like other countries*Food and war good production was significant.Australia*Me and Ally did our discussion today!IV. Hitler's Treatment of the JewsV. Munich Conference-Policy of AppeasementVI. 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 ActVII. Soviet-German Non-Aggression PactVIII. Outbreak of War--Blitzkrieg!!-Japan and China-Germany and Poland-Germany and France-Germany and Great Britain-Germany and the Soviet UnionIX. Pearl Harbor
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