I. Treaty of Versailles
-know what it specifically did and how it helped lead to WWII
II. League of Nations
-define and explain it's weaknesses
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
U-boats
USSR
final plan for Operation Barbarossa
Living Space in Russia
Italy
Soviet Union
Japan
Great Britain
France
Vichy Government
led by Marshal Henri Petain
Free French Underground
feld to london
led by Charles de Gaulle
China
IV. Hitler's Treatment of the Jews
Nuremburg Laws 1935
Made Jews second class citizens and removed their basic civil rights
established membership in the Jewish race as being anyone who either considered themselves Jewish or had three or four Jewish grandparents considered themselves Jewish. People with one or two Jewish grandparents were considered to be mixed race
eventually anyone with at least one jewish grandparent was at risk in Nazi Germany
Jews could only marry Jews
Inferior or dispised:
Jews
Gypsies
Mentally/physically handicapped people
Slavic people
homosexuals
communists/socialists
dark skinned people
mixed races
twins
Jehovah's Witnesses
Aryan Race
perfect Aryan was blonde, blue-eyed, tall and muscular
Baby steps
Ghetto
Crustal knock
Concentration Camps
Death Camps
Auschwitz
V. Munich Conference-Policy of Appeasement
Sudetenland Germans
Neville Chamerlain-Great Britain
Adolf Hitler-Germany
VI. US Role in the 1920's/1930's
-Washington Naval Conference
-Kellog-Briand Pact
Outlawed war to keep peace but did not last
-Neutrality Acts throughout the 1930's
Started out not trading to anyone at war
Then went the the cash and trade system
And then went to the lend lease act where they would give you supplies such as ships
-Quarantine Speech
keep the dangerous nations quaratine so their way did not spread
-Bases for Destroyers
Great Britain gave us 99 year leases on the bases
-Lend-Lease Act
They will give people ships and supplies where they would jsut have to give it back at the end of the war
VII. Soviet-German Non-Aggression Pact
August 23, 1939
Russia gave raw materials to Germany in exchange for money and weapons
Both agreed to stay neutral if the other entered the war
Secretly agreed to invade and split Poland. Germany would get the western half and USSR the eastern half
VIII. Outbreak of War--Blitzkrieg!!
-Japan and China
Manchuria
Tojo- Military
Hirohito- Godish
Yamamoto- Planed Pearl Harbor attack and also warned against it
-Germany and Poland
-Germany and France
his proudest moment was parading through paris
-Germany and Great Britain
1. Destroy the Royal Air Force( before invasion was possible- hopefully by 9-15)
2.Attack and destroy the British Navy
3. Attack British troops
Germany never succeeded in achieving in #1
Germany bombers did so poorly against the RAF that they started bombing at night only
Great Britain was aided heavily by radar and Ultra
Ultra intercepted and disifered german code
-Germany and the Soviet Union
Final Plan for Operation for Barbarossa
Three main thrust
North- Leningrad starvation
Centre- Moscow
South- Kiev and Stalingrad
The winter 41-42 changed everything
Germans not prepared for winter and Soviet was
Scorched Earth Policy: Stalin demanded this of the soviet troops as the retreated, burning factories and supply building
IX. Pearl Harbor
there were reports that Japan was going to attack us but not at Pearl Harbor
3 waves were planned
1st 7:40
2nd 8:50
3rd they did not do
The Arizona
Almost done
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