WWII:
Hitler- Germany
Stalin- Russia
Tojo- Japan
Churchill- Britain
Roosevelt- America
Mussolini- Italy
Hitler decided to invade countries, because they had German speaking people
Treaty of Versailles
- Took land from Germany, lost overseas colonies.
- Military was reduced to 100,000 men; the army was not allowed tanks
- Germany had to pay $33 billion dollars to the allies
- War Guilt Clause- Germany had to take responsibility for starting the war
- League of Nations- set up to keep world peace
Reactions to Treaty of Versailles
- Germany
- Germans were flustered because is was like it was forced on them
- Hitler especially hated the Treaty of Versailles
2. Allies
- Treaty seemed to satisfy US, Britain, and France
- Allies wanted to stop the spread of communism
- Kept French border with Germany safe
- The US senate refused to sign it
- US was not happy with it, isolation from other countries
Weimer Republic
- New democratic government set up by Germany after WWI
Why It Failed:
- Hitler hated it, and got rid of it when he came to power
League of Nations
- Tried to achieve world peace
- Economic sanctions- don't trade with certain countries
Weaknesses
- Can't wage war and send troops
- Took unanimous vote to get things done
- No US
Holocaust
Killed:
Jews could not be teachers, doctors or work for the government
1935 Nuremburg laws- took away Jews' citizenship, was 1/4 jewish, Jews could only marry Jews, no sexual relation between non-Jewish Germans and Jews.
1936- Nazi's boycotted Jewish-owned businesses
1938- Kristallnacht- Jew businesses and synagogues were vandalized, 91 Jews died. All Jewish children are expelled from public schools in Germany and Austria
1939- Hitler orders the murder of disabled people, Jews were required to wear armbands or yellow stars
1941- 33,000 Jews are shot
1942- Germans plan to kill all Jews, US finds out about the Holocaust
1943- Jews in Ghetto resist the Nazis, and fight back for a month
1945- Hitler kills himself, WWII ends in Europe, Holocaust ends
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