Nazi Science Experiments
Josef Mengele was the cheif physician at Aushwitz
life for the twins-did nasty things to them to see if it would affect one twin and not the other
Joseph Stalin
took over for gladmir lenon
keep moving the soviet union up in their economy
his real name was losif jughashvili
he was born in russia to a poor family
then got invlolved in the war
well known but not as well known as hitler
on the same level as in killing people
stalin didnt go after just one group of people
he went after people he couldnt trust/ people that fought back against him
lots of people were killed between hilter and stalin
he was short
lived a weird life style- stay up during the night and sleep during the day
went to school to become a priest
commanded a lot of respect, and got it
kellog-briand pact
outlawed war
most countries in the world eventually signed it
they would no longer use war as a way to settle disputes
made the world safe
japanese invasion of manchuria
US and japan great trading partners
japan put high tariffs on products
japan had control of korea
japan needed iron, and coal. couldnt get it because US had such a high tariff
japan was very isolated, ag based, different clans that would fight against each other.
japan transformed their nation into industrial
built up japan
japan came the biggest power in asia
1931 they invade manchuria
manchuria had what they needed
could use it as a base to attack the rest of China
japan needed raw materials and manchuria provided that for them
after the invasion the league of nations did nothing
they just said they didnt like what they did
Franklin Rossevelt vs. Herbert Hoover
1932 election
hoover- unpopular- hoovervilles, pockets pulled out
FDR promises change and give them a new deal
FDR wins elections
Good Neighbor Policy- become better neighbors with latin american. they can benefit with eachother with trade. become better allies.
Ethiopia invaded by mussolini 1936
italy lost its ethiopia colony in afria at the 1896 battle of adua
one of the worst colonial disasters of modern history
feb. 23, 1935. Italy sends large forces to Ethipoia
Oct. 7, 1935. league declared Italy the aggressor
eventually italy will overtake ethipoia
the league of nations condem the action and put sanctions on them
no more money to italy and dont import anything from italy
oil was not included
US was huge oil export at this time
we should have had no more oil but we didnt want to loose out on that money
passed numerous nuetrallity acts
we wont ship any weapons to countries and war, and wont loan money to countries that are in war
ethipoia was anexed May 9th
generalisimo francisco franco and the Spanish civil war
person that hitler and mousilini supported
sent money and troops to help franco win
spain stayed neautral in WWII and stayed out of the war
stalin sent money and weapons to help the communists win in spain
countries wanted to keep the communists out
FDR vs. Alf Landon
new deal policys are helping
easy victory for FDR
for the most part americans wanted more new deal
biggest blowouts in US history
Rome-:Berlin Axis
japan was not part of the Axis powers
mousilini didnt really like hitler
japan did very very well at first. didnt have much resourcse and how much they controeld. they bit off more than they could chew with china.
rape of nan-king- japan treated these chinese people terribly
200000 people were killed in jsut that city itself
one reason china still doesnt really get along with japan
bad blood between these two countries
doesnt get as much press as the holocaust
quarantine speech
roosevelt sees the situation as there are aggressive countries in the world that need to be taken care of
germany, italy, japan, soviet union had to be kept in
keep them frome expanding
US continued to put their heads in the sand and continue to be neautral
president doesnt declare war, congress does.
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