AdolfHitler%20History%20notes..doc
-Before the US is involved- when Hitler came to power he tried to take back the land that Germany had lost in ww1. A blitzkrieg is a lightning warfare. Hitler took over France really easily, the fall of France. With France out of the equation, Britain was the only one fighting the war. -At first we declared neutrality after WW2 we assumed the role of world leader.
Bolshevik Revolution-was the reason that Russia drop out of WW1 on their communist revolution. Became the first communist country in world history.
The Treaty of Versailles- was the reason everything happened in ww2 almost everything. Drove world war 2. The big four Great Britain, Italy, France, United States. -we were allies with the Soviet Union because we had a common enemy but we were not really friendly. Countries that made most of the decisions in the Treaty Of Versailles. So Germany and Russia wanted to get their land back.
1)- Territorial- Germany lost a lot of land to countries that were surrounding them. So Hitler starts taking all the land that was taken from the Treaty Of Versailles. The league of nations- took control of Germany's overseas colonies.
2)-Military- was reduced to 100,000 men, the army was not allowed tanks. So Hitler started building up his military, and no one really paid attention. He started small invading Czechoslovakia, and then another, and then Poland then then People started doing something. They did this by the reserve system the would train 100,000 put into reserves and so on and so on. The Rhine land area- France wanted a country separating Germany and France. that way Germany could not directly attack France really easily. The Rhine land area was the first that Hitler took over or invaded. very ironic 3)-Financial- The loss of vital industrial territory washout be a sever blow on Germany. Germany had to pay 33 billion dollars for damages of war. Put Germany into a huge depression. 19 trillion doich marks equaled one U.S dollar. it was cheaper to burn your money, then spend it.
4) General- the war guilt clause that Germany was responsible for the war so they had to pay for it. Germany was to admit full responsibility for starting the war the The War Guilt Clause. A league of nations a world wide peace organization.
The allies reaction to the Treaty of Versailles.- The allies wanted to weaken Germany enough that Germany would never and take over France again. Also they did not want to weaken them too much that communism would spread. So people thought Hitler was good because he kept out communism. United States thought that if we joined the league of nations that we would be pulled into European war constantly. One of the biggest mistakes in U.S history not joining the league of nations. Great Britain was the most happy with it. France wanted to destroy Germany that way they would not be taken over. Britain wanted to a strong German because it would benefit in trade. Soviet Union lost lots of land taken away. Japan came out of ww1 smelling like a rose.
German Reaction to the Treaty- it was known as a Diktat- as it being forced on them and the Germans had no choice but to sign it. In reality the Germans representatives really had no choice, they were mostly Jews and communist that signed the treaty and Hitler and other groups started hating the Jews. So the the German people were really mad that's were the plans for ww2 started.
Wilson's 14 points-So Germany thought that this was how the treaty was going to come out, but unfortunately the It did not that is why The. u.s did not sign the Treaty.
WiemerRepublic- because it was the first time Germany was trying this out, and the u. s almost failed too.
League of nations- It failed because people would only say but there would be no action. You could only condemn actions, which was the only consequence. It was weak. Weakness the u.s did not join. So it needed everyone to agree on something. So nothing got done. It can put sanctions on a country which is stop trading with them.
-Pacific Front- Pearl harbor, the Jappaneese attack us because the u.s was not trading oil with them, but then we declared war on them
-Iwo Jima- We took over iwo jima because of it's strategic place for bombing. Japanese hid in little caves so the u.s soldiers had to be very careful -
-European Front(France/Italy)-
d Wight Eisenhower- was the general of all the allied powers. Joseph stallon Russia. Japan Tojo
Invasion of Poland. D-day invasion they wanted to win back France from Germany June 6 1944 -Battle of Monte Casino- the battle of seizing Rome -Pear harbor was the reason that the U.S got involved in ww2 -Battle of Britain was the only one in the war since France was defeated super fast. This was a great victory for the British. -Japan attack China because they were lacking resources, and china had a lot of them. -Benito Mussolini was the general for Italy and it seemed he was friends with Hitler but they were very competitive with each other. -Winter- was important because it slowed everyone down and resources were used up. Was one of the reasons Hitler was defeated in some places. - Holocaust 11 to 12 million people died in the Hal-locust
-African Front- The first involvement of the United States was in Africa. Bernard Montgomery most popular general of the war. Tanks were great in the dessert.
-Home front- Women were working in factories, and the took in charge of some of the mends jobs at home. one of the reason we won the war Food rations were used so that people would not overuse food. Food wins the war. Many women became nurses, not only in the factories etc. Japanese were put in camps so that another pearl harbor would not happen.
-End of war- Hitler died shot himself, Mussolini got hung and got dragged around town in a truck.
V-E day victory day in Europe United states was bombing the Japannese everyday so we then they finally gave up/
-May 8 1945 end of war.
date on Pearl Harbor Dec 7 1941
-Etc.
Axis Powers- Italy, Germany, Japan.
Allied powers-main- soviet union, United kingdom, U.S, France, Canada, China, Australia.
Hitler blamed the Jews for the death of Jesus, taking over banks. And a lot more things ,and the hatred for the Jews kept on growing.
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