We continued blog dicussions today..
I. Treaty of Versailles : it was designed to take over their land and cut down their military. They were not allowed to have an aiforce. France wanted Rhineland to become more independent
-know what it specifically did and how it helped lead to WWII
II. League of Nations
-define and explain it's weaknesses: To keep world peace. A worldwide group where countries can come together to avoid war. Or go to the league of nations to work things out. Weaknesses- The US never joined the league of Nations. Congress felt that we would be pulled into wars all the time. We were probably the most powerful nation after WWII.
-Why didn't the US join
III. Know the basics about the following countries:
-How did WWI/Treaty of Versailles impact this country: It really hurt their country because it left their economy in ruins.
-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)
--The war guilt clause made Germany pay for all the war damages and was responsible for the war . 33 billion dollars they had to pay. Hitler wanted revenge on France because they made Germany look like a fool.
We started Blogs dicussions..
Canada: The treaty of Versailles didnt really impact Canada. Back then they were trying to become an independent country so they didnt have a gov. really. William King was their leader. He gave Canada their own voice rather than have Great Britian control everything. Some of his goal were he put welfare into play and helped the unemployed. They supported other countries they were allies. WWII impacted them because it was agricultural country and it helped them move toward more independance. They wanted to seperate themselves from great britain. They played a supported role in sending troops into war. They discriminated against the Japenese americans.
Australia: They only had one attack on their country. They joined the war after after Germany invaded Poland. After great britain got involved their colonies were in trouble. They had a prime minister for their leader. The king of great britian controlled everything. Australians fought all over the world. Japan really threatened australia. They were important to us because we could put bases out there.
Great Britain:
The treaty of Versailles mostly impacted Europe not really Great Britain. In Europe it changed the political views way more than it changed that of Great Britain. Great Britain was a constitutional monarchy. Winston felt that Great Britian needed to change thats kind of how he came to power. Winston didnt like Hitlers ways so he went against him. He wanted to rebuild their government. Their military stragety was naval base blockade. The impact WWII had on Great Britian was they lost their power like it took away their colonies around the world. They werent powerful anymore. The US took its place.
Germany:
The Treaty of Versailles impacted Germany greatly. Germany had been blamed mostly for the cause of World War I, and because of this they were forced to pay war damages to their allies. This caused Germany to go into severe debt, since they were having to pay for all these war damages. Germany's economy was destroyed. Germany's government was known as the Weimar Republic. It was put into play after President Hindenburg was elected. It was designed to establish more of a Democratic government. Hitler made it very clear that the Nazi political party was the only political party that was going to be allowed in Germany. If anyone had an opinion they got killed. The treaty of Versailles restricted Germanys army to 100,000 men so then Hitler buiit it up again. They had an ofensive army. German cities were destroyed and the Nazis were chased out of power.
Italy:
Treaty of Versailles didnt really impact Italy. Benito Mussolini came to power as their leader. Italy came out of the Treatty of Versailles unhappy they got a little bit of land from Austria Hungary. They thought they should get more land. Benito came to power because they thought he could stand up to the communits. He tried to make them more independent. Germany had to bail them out a lot. Benito did his best to help the economy like provididng jobs for people. Made things in Italy more efficient. Benito was an asthesist (didnt believe in God) The catholic church hated Benito. The catholic church said they would support him if they could teach about God in schools. He wanted everyone to do things that would benifit Italys country. He struggled to take over smaller countries. The Italians captured Benito and hung him. Then they drug him around. Italy was torn apart so it had to be rebuilt by the US.
Soviet Union:
The treaty didnt really impact Russia. They lost some land, but not much. The soviet union had a communist government. The Romonaughs at controlled Russia for years. Vladimir Lenin was their leader and Stalin eventually took over for him. Lenin left Russia in shambles. Stalin wanted a powerhouse for a government. In turn that made people starve and go into famine. The soviet union was very agricultural he established these 5 yr plans to make Russia even stronger than it already was. Collectivization is the taking away farms. It made them a member of the Russian Government,farmers hated it. Nationalization was when the soviert government took away all buisnesses you no longer could own your own buisness. Because of these things the economy got better. Many people died. HIs goals were to secure the borders make sure he had no enemies on the borders. Military stragety was they didnt have one really, just to not die. Scorchearthed was to burn and destroy everything in their path. They didnt retreat otherwise they'd be killed. Stalin gave orders to shoot whoever retreated. What role did they play during WWII: They agreed to invade Poland with Germany then Germany invaded them so they joined the Allis powers. Impact was they lost millions of poeple to the war. Stalin remained in power. Soviet Union came out of WWII really well compared to other countries. One of the more powerful countries.
Japan:
The treaty of Versailles gave them land. Gave them land from China. Their government was a constitutinal monarachy. Hirohito was their leader/emperer. And Tojo was their military leader. Tojo had more power. In the 1920s Japan joined the league of nations. To create peace. They joined washington naval conference which restricted them from conquering other countries. That way they wouldnt try and take their colonies away. Wanted to limit their naval size, uphold trade with china. US, Great Britain, China, and France. Japan outlawed war. Herohito came to power after his grandfather died. It was an emporer bloodline. Tojo led the Pearl Harbor attack. Herohito really wanted to expand, but he didnt want the US and Great Britain to interfer with their expanding plans. Thats why Pearl harbor happened. Goals: wanted to expand into Asia for more natural resources. There role in WWII was they bombed Pearl Harbor. It was an easy target to bomb our naval base. They wanted to attack us at Pearl Harbor to keep us out of the war. They wanted us to trade with them. (oil)
France:
Treaty of Versailles gave them land from germany on the border and the alsace-lorrane. Germany colonies in africa. They thought that the treaty should have been tougher on germany. Germany paid for their war demages. They were the allied powers. constitutional monarchy was Frances government. Charles de Gaulle was the leader of the free french underground. France was attacked and taken over by Germany.The Vichy Government led by Marshal Henri Petain. Hitler allowed the French to control part of france. Vichy government was allied with the nazis. They helped round up french jews. They built Maginot Line before WWII. France military strategy was defensive. It was along the border of France and Germany. Places to eat and sleep under the wall. Germany attacked France through Belgium. Goals were to keep germany out of the country and it didnt happen. Great Britian and France declare war on Germany but then they didnt do anything. Declared in September and the fighting didnt started until April. They didnt put up a fight during WWII. France lost a lot of power. They had alot of deaths. They lost their world power statis.
China:
China wasnt in favor of the treaty... China wasn't impacted by the treaty. Chiang Kai Shek and Mao Zedong(tse-tung). Moa was the communist and Sheck was the nationalist they had a civial war between these 2 parties. They came together during the war when Japan got involved. The Communist won. China was part of the Allied power. WWII impacted china by changing the government, they lost a lot of reasources, high loss of life, cities destroyed, The rape of Nanking was where the woman were raped by Japanese soldiers. China was weak. China was to big for Japan to take over.
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