- Japan
1. How did the Treaty of Versailles impact them?
- Japan got a lot of Germany's northern islands
- The lian that germany got from China was given to Japan instead of given back to Cjina
2. What type(s) of government did this country have in the interwar years(1919-1938)?
- They had a teo party poliotical system after WW2
- In 1926 Hirohito Becomes emporer
- In 1918 Hara Takashi became the first common person to become prime minister
- They had mostly a constitutional monarchy
3. How did their leader, that led them throughout WWII, come to power?
- Hirohito was the son of prime yoshihito and princess sakado
- When his grandpa died he prince and his dad became emporer
- He went to all these schools and took a trip around Europe and then his dad became sick with a mental illness, so therefore he became emporer
4. How did this leader change their country(for the better and worse) prior to WWII?
- Hirohito didn't do much
- military leaders lead pretty much
5. What were the goals of the leader?
- Expand their boundaries into mainland Asia
- Invasions
6. What was the military strategy of this country in the inter-war years(1919-1938)?
- Attacked pearl habor
- Treated of POW's
- Wanted resources
- Chemical weapons
7. What role did they play in WWII?
- Japan entered the war with limited aims
- THey lacked natural resources
- wanted to secure the resources of southeast Asia
8. Who were their allies in WWII?
- The Tripartite Pact was signed by Japan, Germany, Italy, and Established the Axis Powers during World war one
- Three agreed that for the next ten years the would "stand by and co-operate"
9. How did WWII impact/effect the country?
- Dilemma
- The us pacific fleet at pearl harbor was capable of challenging Japan's navy
- Japan believed it necessary to destroy American powers in the Pacific
- They took over a lot of countries
- Japan was devastated following the war
- All of the large cities and industies were badly damaged
- also had a shortage of food that lasted for years
- Japan was occupied by the Allied Powers starting in august 1945
- Losses after the War
- Japan lost all the territory acquired after 1894
- Kurile islands were occupied by the Soviet Union
- The Ryukyu islands were controlled bu the usa
- War crime trials were held to dole out consequences
- Effects of the Atomic Bombs
- Caused severe burns and blindness
- Most people close to explosion died
- Small syptoms were headaches and nausea
Soviet Union
- Soviet union only lost land as a result of this treay
- A more notable treaty was the Brest-Litovsk Treaty
Government
- In 1917, Vladimir Leinin, Started a single- party dictatorship under the Bolsheviks
Leader
- When Lenin died, Stalin rose to power
- Command economy, replacing New Economic Policy
- Regain Russia;s land that was lost in WW1
- Signed the Non aggression Pact with Hilter to give him more time to build up his army
- Modernize the economy, build string military
Soviet unions Role
- it was at was with Germany and the Axis Powers
- signed nin aggression pact with Germany whist split up Poland in 1939
- Over 900000 German triips at stakingrad surrended to the soviet on Jan. 31st.
Allies
- The big four alliesd powers of WW2 were England Us Siviet union
Impact
- Lost over 20 million people many civilians
- Armies remained powerful though
- Expanded its borders because they defested Germany, Finland, Poland
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