World War2 went from 1919-1941.
He had a lot of people attempt to kill him, and he killed about 6 million jews and other citizens.
Germany fought a two sided war (one side France, Great Britian, U.S.. on the other side they were fighting Russia). He then stopped fighting the Soviet Union for awhile.
World War 2 started with the invasion of Poland, because Germany lost a lot of land to create it.
Hitler took Czechoslovakia and Austria before WW2 started.
I. Treaty of Versailles
-know what it specifically did and how it helped lead to WWII.
- It initially ended WW1. It changed the countries in Europe, created some. Germany and the Soviet Union lost a lot of land.
- Germany lost a lot of land to France, Belgium, Denmark, Czechoslovakia, and Poland.
- Hitler than took over a lot of land before and during the war to try to get it back, and then some.
- The Legue of Nations also took control of Germany's overseas colonies.
Military:
- Germany's army was reduced to 100,000 ment and not allowed tanks, airforce, or submarines.
- The western part of Germany (Rhineland) wasn't allowed to have any military into that zone. This part was on France's side.
Financial:
- Germany had to pay $33 Billion to Great Britian and France. This put them into a great depression.
- The loss of vital industry territory. Coal from the Saar and Upper Seilesia in particular was a vital loss. (lost land with good resources in it)
General:
- A Legue of Nations was set up to keep peace.
- Germany had to admit reponsibility for starting the war.
- Germany was then responsible for all war damages, and had to pay to France and Belgium to pay for damages.
II. League of Nations- is a world wide organization designed to keep peace in teh world (try to prevent war.)
-define and explain it's weaknesses- it didn't have military, and required a unanimous support to get things done.
-Why didn't the US join- congress felt like we'd be pulled into wars constantly.
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- Hitler's intensions were to try to undo everything the Treaty of Versi did to them. By 1923 Hitler set up a Weimer (veimer) Republic was a Republic government that Germany tried to set up. People were aloud to vote. This still didn't do well because the economy was in ruins (huge depression). Hitler then came into the government and basically turned it into a Dictatorship.
Hitler changed Germany by making no more Democracy, and Nazi-ism was the only party. When Hitler came in, he promised jobs, and he did. Lots of jobs were for military, and it gave him some support. He also gained a lot of his land back that they had lost. Hitler went by a Der Fuehrer (the leader) title. Hitler eliminated opponents, or people that may go against him, using a secret military force (gustapo).
At first, he wasn't killing jews, it was just political people. But to kill the jews, Hitler told people that Jews had a conspiracy to infiltrate all the money in the world. He then took baby steps by taking away their rights, putting them into the ghetto, moving them to concetration camps, then killing them.
Hitler's goals were to try to overthrow the Weimer Rupublic in 1923, then went to prison and wrote a book that outlined his goals. His goals were to dominate all of Europe, get rid of the jews, reuniting German speaking peoples, and undo what the treaty of Versi had done. He also wanted the creation of the Arian race, blue eyes and blonde hair. He invaded the Soviet Union inorder to get Lebensraum 'living space' for the Arian people who were being born.
Germanies axis powers were- Japan and Italy
Italy- Italy gained land from Austria- Hungry when they signed a different treaty. Benito Mussolini came to power in 1922. He started a fascist government. Mussolini remained in power and supported the king, who was just a symbol. Mussolini basically became a dictator. He tried to make Italy more independent but didn't succeed well. Germany had to help Italy a lot. He was atheist but struck a deal with the Catholic church to support him. He started to look for countries to invade, but didn't work well because Italy wasn't very strong. It made the people retaliate and eventually hang him. They then joined the Allies.
Soviet Union- The Soviets lost a little land to Poland from the treaty. They happened to be in the middle of a civil war during the world war. They had a dictator ship (communist) at the moment. Vladimir Lenin was a communist who tried to turn the government over to the people at the time. Joseph Stalin (another Communist) pushed the country to try to be more of an industrial power house, but it made people poorer and struggle more because the country was more agricultural. He had a five year plan using Collectivization (farms were taken over by the soviet gov't) and Nationalization (when the soviet gov't took over the businesses of the nation) to try to move it towards industrial. 10 million people died in the process. Stalin's goals were to secure their boarders, and get back land they lost in world war one, and develop the economy (five year plan). They were axis powers but agreed not to fight anyone so not really. Germany invaded them, and then they joined the allies. World War two made them lose a looot of people. The Soviet some how became one of the world's super powers (best next to America).
Japan- The treaty gave them land from China. Japan had a constitutional monarchy. Emperor Hirohito was like a god to the people. He didn't deal with gov't and military issues. In the 1920's they joined the Legue of Nations, and signed the Washington Navel conference which gave three pacts that said they would respect eachothers posessions (United States, Great Britian, Japan's -colonies, land). They would promote free trade with China for all countries, and guarenteed China's independence. Japan outlawed war. Hideki Tojo became the dictator of Japan, who said we needed to attack the U.S.- lead Pearl Harbor attack. Tojo then lead his asperations to gain more land from China and Asia for resources. They attacked Pear Harbor because our Pacific fleet was based there and they were trying to show the United States that we can't just talk things out, and they were trying to keep us out of the war.
Great Britain- Winston Churchhill (leader), Primeminister after war began. He didn't believe in surrender or belief, nor shall he compramise peace. Every night, or day, Hitler would randomly bomb Great Britian. Churchill was a major factor of the treaty, helped pay for the damages. Allied with France, Italy, Russia, and America. The Treaty of Versi didn't give Great Britian very much money, but gave them German territories in Africa. Great Britain had a better chance than France, because they had water between them and Germany.
Britain initially lost their status as the number one super power, because all their collonies started to gain independence from them (australia, Canada)
France- They got land from Germany, and money for war reperations from Germany. Allie Power. Governments: Charles de Gaulle (prim minister). When taken over split into two governments. Free French Underground led by Gaulle- they were based in other countries because country was taken over. The other government was the Vichy Government led by Marshal Petain, allied with the Nazi's and helped Japan. They built the maginot line in the 1920's to protect themselves from the German's- who just went around it or through its weak parts. Their goals were to try to keep Germany out of France. France lost a lot of power after WW2.
China- They were upset by the treaty because they didn't want to move their boundries. China was having a dispute between itself (civil war) just before or during the war. Mao Zedong was a communist and Chiang Kai Shek was a Nationalist. They were invaded in 1931 by Japan for resources. The two leaders were came together during the war to go against the Japaneese, but after the war, they went back to their own. Moa eventually won, but Chiang was the official leader before he won. China was an Allie. WW2 impacted China by changing its government, made them lose a lot of resources, and their economy suffered (lost a lot of money). Population suffered a lot from losing people, cities distried. Nanking was a city in China, where 250,000 people were killed by the Japanese. About 60,000 to 80,000 women were raped there.
US-
Canada- Got some money from the treaty, but wasn't really affected by it. Since they were still controlled by Great Britian, they were still a constitutional monarchy under Great Britian. Their leader tried to make his own decisions for the country, other than have Great Britian do it. Allied with England, Britian, France, Russia, and Poland. They made camps to help the other countries and bombed industries for the others.
Australia- They joine after poland was invaded because they were part of Great Britian and just kinda joined (like Canada).
IV. Hitler's Treatment of the Jews
V. Munich Conference-Policy of Appeasement
VI. US Role in the 1920's/1930's
-Washington Naval Conference
-Kellog-Briand Pact
-Neutrality Acts throughout the 1930's
-Quarantine Speech
-Bases for Destroyers
-Lend-Lease Act
VII. Soviet-German Non-Aggression Pact
VIII. Outbreak of War--Blitzkrieg!!
-Japan and China
-Germany and Poland
-Germany and France
-Germany and Great Britain
-Germany and the Soviet Union
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