the picture on bruns's desktop background is of (from left to right) winston churchill, fdr, and joseph stalin sitting on a bench at the yelta conference. fdr, in the photo, is quite elderly.
backt to the effects of the treaty of versailles on germany.
germany attacked the land they lost in the treaty of versailles in order to regain it first. makes sense. so poland was first, in order to combine the two germany's (at the time poland separated two pieces of germany) and also take poland in general.
military.....thanks to the treaty of versailles, germany's military was severely cut down. they were to have no more than 100,000 men, no tanks, no submarines, no naval or air force (save 6 capital naval ships) and rhineland became a demilitarized zone. point of the zome: to eliminate the common border of france and germany
financial...germany had to pay 33 billion for war repairs. sent them into a depression. huge blow to their economy. that, and they lost a lot of land, resources, workers, etc when they lost all that land and terrritory. all this helped hitler rise to power in the 20s. in tough times, people are more likely to turn to and support more radical governments.
the league of nations!
what is it? a group of many several countries who go be mediators and try to prevent wars.
we never joined because we didnt want to be dragged into international affairs...europe went to war all the time.
what were its weaknesses? it tried to solve problems financially, not with violence, although they put troops in the problem areas. economi sanctions, they stop trading with the problem countries, then the people there run out of stuff and evenutally overrun their problem governments, etc.
it also required a unanimous vote to get things passed. naturally, there will be disagreements, so not much got done really.
so, in the 1930s, it miserably failed. you cant just say "please stop what you're doing" and expect the problems to just go away. germany figured out that the league wasnt a threat, and it ignored the league. by the time france and britain figured out that germany was not listening, they ahd already attacked poland and war was started.
treaty of versailles review and cause and effect talk over.
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Japan.
not a lot of impact on WW1, but they came out ok. they were our allies in WW1.
had a consitutional monarchy. emperor hirohito. and tojo was the military dictator, cuz hirohito was all....incognito....and he didnt really get involved with stuff. especially not in public. main goals were to expand into china (for the natural resources),
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