France
Treaty of Versailles impacted them by giving them back some land, war reparations, and demilitarize (german troops not allowed in a certain spot)
France had a constitutional monarchy in the interwar years.. but it was pretty much like a democracy where the people voted and everything.
In southern France, Hitler allowed Marshal Petain and the government to control.. but Hitler had complete control over them. & they controlled pretty much everyone who stayed in France.
France had been taken over and the Free French Underground was the France that we dealt with..
goals- get france back from german control, defeat hitler, and hold onto their empire
military strategy in interwar years- defensive strategy.. just slow down germany
maginot line: concrete barrier, designed to stop/slow down the germans so they couldn't invade as easily.. this failed because of new technology.
France was part of the allies
WWII put france into a heavy depression.. relied on laissez faire (government stays out of things)
lots of casualties and costs. they were no longer a world power.
this whole situation would help lead to a war with the vietnamese because they wanted to be independant..
then we came over to help the french fight that war, and that's how we got involved in the vietnam war
China
in the 1920's and 30's China was declared the Republic of China
Chiang Kai Shek.. official leader of China, also part of the nationalist party
he tried to take back all the territories that had been taken from them
Mao Zedong-communist
Chaing and Mao allied for a short time to take over Shaing Hai
..then they started fighting each other-- US helps Chaing because he's not communist
Japan invades China in 1931, for resources
they invaded again in 1937, and Chaing and Mao don't like this so they work together to try to get the Japanese out.
Japanese did NOT treat the Chinese very well..
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