Mr. Bruns' Power Point
What to know for the test? Treaty of Versailles, different parts, territorial, money, military, League of Nations(define, What is it? -World Wide Peace keeping Organization. What were it's weaknesses? -U.S. wasn't in it and there was no military), War Guilt Clause.
Know the big countries; Germany, France, Italy, Japan(island nation very few resources, wanted to join LN in the 1920's, out lawed war in 1927, in the 1930's the GD set in and they had to invaid to get their resources invaided China but couldn't take over the whole country because it was so big), GB, U.S., Soviet Union.
Quarantine Speech- Keeping the "Powerful" powers contained, i.e. Germany, Japan, Italy, and kind of the Soviet Union.
Germany
Hitler brain washed people so that they would follow him, Nazi Propaganda.
Italy
1. How did the Treaty of Versailles impact them? Italy got land out of this Treaty, but not as much as they wanted.
2. What type(s) of government did this country have in the interwar years(1919-1938)? Fascist gov't (dictator in power, strong military, pride in country), also had a Monarchy.
3. How did their leader, that led them throughout WWII, come to power? Mussolini came to power by being appointed by the King to stop Communism. Mussolini became the Prime Minister of Italy.
4. How did this leader change their country(for the better and worse) prior to WWII? He made the economy strong and made the country better before the war. Mussolini made the whole country more efficent. He built up the military again. On the negative he started to follow Hitler and began to invaid countries. Hitler's military was much more strong than Italy's
5. What were the goals of the leader? Wanted Italy to be a major power, wanted the Mediterain sea an Italy Lake, and wanted to do things in Africa.
6. What was the military strategy of this country in the inter-war years(1919-1938)? Wanted to control a lot of Africa. Italy invaided Ethiopia and they lost so it was a very big embarasment to Italy, then Musolini took control of it, but it wasn't easy. That shows how weak their military was.
7. What role did they play in WWII? They were allies with Germany so they were sent where they were needed to go for them, Africa, Soviet Union, Italy, etc.
8. Who were their allies in WWII? Nazi Germany and Japan. They ended up switching to the allied powers, but we did not free them until 1945. Italy didn't switch until Mussolini was killed.
9. How did WWII impact/effect the country? Cities were massively destroyed, a lot of war took place there. Italy became an allie of the U.S. and still is today, but they're still not a world power.
United States
1. How did the Treaty of Versailles impact them? There wasn't much effect on the U.S. they didn't do much other than give support. The U.S. didn't suffer any damage because of the war so the European countries didn't think they should get much out of it. Wilson got to talk about his 14 points though. The biggest effect was that the U.S. went back into isolationism after WWI, and many people didn't want anything to do with forgeign affairs like the League of Nations.
2. What type(s) of government did this country have in the interwar years(1919-1938)?We returned to isolationism except making a few quiet treaties with Germany and Japan. The economy was booming, prohibition failed, and times were good. The Gov't was Laissez Faire Democracy. The Stock Market Crashed and the U.S. and the rest of the world when into the Great Depression. We passed Neutrality Acts, because we knew there was going to be another war and we didn't want to be in any war again even by giving anybody else goods.
3. How did their leader, that led them throughout WWII, come to power? FDR, he was elected on March 4, 1933 just 32 days after Hitler came to power. Then Hitler and FDR both died about the same time. Hiter killed himself though.
4. How did this leader change their country(for the better and worse) prior to WWII? Better, New Deal, tried to pull us out of the Great Depression and untimately did.
5. What were the goals of the leader? Provide a stable economy, pull us out of depression, and end the axis power's reign.
6. What was the military strategy of this country in the inter-war years(1919-1938)? Returned to isolationism, signed various treaties with other countries so we wouldn't get to involved in another war.
7. What role did they play in WWII? Dropped two bombs on Japan, Aug. 6&9 th. American Industry had to support their allies and themselves with weapons, ships, aircraft, food, ect.
8. Who were their allies in WWII? Allied powers; China, Canada, France, Great Britian, Soviet Union.
9. How did WWII impact/effect the country? Stimulated economy moreso than WWI, brought GD to the end, New industrial complexes were going up all over America, women worked in a lot of them, U.S. didn't have much physical destruction, and we became a main power in the world next to Russia.
Japan
1. How did the Treaty of Versailles impact them? Gave Japan all of Germany's islands north of the equator, gave them a seat on the League of Nations, gained more land in China and they benifited a lot from the treaty,
2. What type(s) of government did this country have in the interwar years(1919-1938)? Constitutional Monarchy. The Komintern Party worked to get a communist party within Japan's gov't system. They have an emperor and a Prime minister that are governed by a constitution. Nicknamed the Taisho Democracy after the emperor.
3. How did their leader, that led them throughout WWII, come to power? Emperor Hirohito came to power because his father died. Even though he was the Emperor the Prime minister basically ran the country. Came to power in 1926. He changed his name to Showa because it was like a new time. Hideki Tojo was appointed the Army Minister in 1941. He had many military ties which the Emperor wanted. Tojo was for joining forces with Germany and Italy and his army won many battles.
4. How did this leader change their country(for the better and worse) prior to WWII? 1920's leaders out lawed war, in the LN peaceful thing, signed things to reduce their military. 1930's military started back up, they needed to invaid countries to get reasources mainly China.
5. What were the goals of the leader? Japan wanted to gain an easy supply of resources from China. They wanted to take out the U.S. because we had a strong Navy that could take them out. They wanted China land to give to their poor and they wanted Manchuria was to be taken as a buffer against the Soviet Union. They needed to invaid to get reasources since they were a small island.
6. What was the military strategy of this country in the inter-war years(1919-1938)? Destroy American forces in the Pacific at Pearl Harbor amd in the Phillipines, they wanted to take over many other islands like Malaya, the Phillipines, Wake Island, Guam, and more. They intended to establish a defensive line in the Pacific.
7. What role did they play in WWII? Sided with axis powers, invaided China and withdrew from the LN, took many Pacific Islands, their attack on Pearl Harbor made the U.S. enter the war which was dumb for Japan. After the battle of Midway Japan started to loose their island. U.S. dropped two bombs on Japan and after the second Hirohito surrendered 5 days later after seeing the damage.
8. Who were their allies in WWII? Axis
9. How did WWII impact/effect the country? One of the biggest impact was the dropping of the atomic bombs. Buildings were destroyed and radiation continued in people getting them sick.
General: Japan and the U.S. signed a peace treaty on September 2 on the USS Missouri.
France
1. How did the Treaty of Versailles impact them? They got a lot of land and money from Germany, but they still weren't happy with it because they wanted more and wanted Germany to have less.
2. What type(s) of government did this country have in the interwar years(1919-1938)? Charles de Gaulle became president, Marshall Plan gave financial aid to countries in Europe after WWII. France needed that because they were hit so hard economicly from WWII.
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)? After WWI they were worried about Germany and the Soviet Union coming up again and they felt like they were the only country left on the land in Europe that had to deal with these new forces(GB was an island so even though they were there France still fought alone). France focused so much on defense and they built a huge wall on their border but stopped. Germany just had to go through Belgium like in WWI. France's strategy was defensive.
7. What role did they play in WWII? Joined GB in 1938 to sign the Munich Pact, they let Hitler take over some of Chechaslovokia and all of Austria and then told France and GB that he wouldn't take over anymore land. They gave into Hitler's demands so that it could prevent war which obviouls didn't work. France declared war on Germany in 1939 but they surrendered by 1940. Germans occupied France until 1944, 350,000 French soliers and half a million civilians were killed.
8. Who were their allies in WWII? US, GB, Soviet Union, allied powers.
9. How did WWII impact/effect the country? They were hit hard economicly, cities were destroyed, the Marshall Plan helped build them up after WWII.
General: Leader of the Free French Forces(one of the two govt that happened, the wanted to free France from the Germans) was General Charles de Gaulle. Vichy govt, other French govt at the time, Hitler let them stay so they were allies with Germany and Japan. They would turn over French Jews to Hitler.
China
1. How did the Treaty of Versailles impact them? Transfered German concessions to Japan, China was mad about it and didn't sign the treaty.
2. What type(s) of government did this country have in the interwar years(1919-1938)? Monarchy of the Republic of China, the first president was elected in 1918.
3. How did their leader, that led them throughout WWII, come to power? Mao Bigzedong, communist, and Chiang Kia-shek, nationalistic party and the leader throughout the 30's and WWII
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4. How did this leader change their country(for the better and worse) prior to WWII?
5. What were the goals of the leader? To try to have a dominate political party in China. China tried to just defend their contry because in 1931 Japan invaded them to get resources.
6. What was the military strategy of this country in the inter-war years(1919-1938)?
7. What role did they play in WWII? They declared war when Japan invaded them and the remained on the defense thoughout the whole war.
8. Who were their allies in WWII? GB, France, US, Soviet Union, Canada, and a lot more. Most countries only sent China money and it made them feel kind of bad.
9. How did WWII impact/effect the country? Even though the Allied powers won WWII China still went through communism in 1948. Throughout WWII Japan devastated China, murders, rapes, and just tore them down without remorse.
General: China was invaded, they never left their home country, Japan took a lot of land from China and were just terrible to them. Once the US came in and bombed Japan China finally did overcome and win. Also with how big China was and how many people were there it was just to much for Japan to overcome with how small they were.
Breann Lehr
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