Today in class we continued with presentations after talking about a couple other things first like the blog and discussions being Tuesday now.
Soviet Union
1. How did the Treaty of Versailles impact them?
They were not involved in the treaty of Versailles but they signed a different treaty, the Brest-Litovsk which gave Germany land because they dropped out. They signed a non aggression pact with the Nazis at the beginning of the Second World War which gave them the lands they lost with the other treaty.
2. What type(s) of government did this country have in the interwar years(1919-1938)?
The Bolsheviks led communism into the country, mostly by Lenin who was a Marxist.
3. How did their leader, that led them throughout WWII, come to power?
Lenin was having strokes and Stalin replaced him.
4. How did this leader change their country(for the better and worse) prior to WWII?
He took all the educated people into labor camp and they had to do a lot of hard labor. Farmers were put into the military, and the military was told they could get input into the government. This was to try and get communism to take off. They labor was cheaper than lead to kill people.
5. What were the goals of the leader?
Consolidate power to a Centralized government which was communist. Increase world influence and he wanted to make sure their country was safe from invasion by getting surrounding countries to become communist.
6. What was the military strategy of this country in the inter-war years(1919-1938)?
Stalin killed anyone who could overthrow him and wanted to protect the border. He killed the Generals and during the war they just pulled back until the winter drove them back.
7. What role did they play in WWII?
They were a major player and Hitler wanted to go coast to coast. They signed a non aggression pact with Hitler and they were eventually invaded but the winter drove them back.
8. Who were their allies in WWII?
They were allied with Germany, kind of, at the beginning but then they went to the Allies after they were invaded.
9. How did WWII impact/effect the country?
Gave them great pride in winning the war and they became a major power but they became competitive with US. 20 million people were dead.
Bolshevik Revolution
Czar Nicholas forced peasants into World War 1. The Bolsheviks wanted to overthrow the Provs. This brought communism to the Soviet Union
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