Monday. March 22

  • 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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