France
Jorges Clemenceau wanted to destroy Germany with the Treaty of Versailles, land, colonies, money, dismanteled the German military.
Government: constitutional monarchy/democracy. Vichy government, Marchal Henri Petain (did what Hitler told him to, axis). Free French Underground, Charles de Gaulle (allies).
Goals: wanted their country to be unified away from Germany, defeat Hitler, hold onto their empire
Military Strategy: de Gaulle liked tanks. concrete forts and guns along the Maginot Line designed to stop the German advance, bordered France, didn't work. defensive strategies.
Impact: put them into a heavy recession, relied on laissez-faire, high number of deaths and costs, no longer a major power.
China
1920s/1930s: invaded over and over again by Japan, Open Door Policy, Chiang Kai Shek (nationalist) and Mao Zedong (tse-tung, communsist) had a civil war, Japan invades Mancuria and Beijing. Shek and Mao decided to work together against Japan. Rape of Nan King.
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