Wednesday, March 18th.

[4kayley.]

Germany.

1. How did the Treaty of Versailles impact them?
   

   it disiplined Germany and the allies believed that they started WWI.

   they were struck down physically and finiancially.

   their army was cut.

   the amount of land was decressed.

   the lost farmland.

   had to pay other countries for wear damage.
   

2. What type(s) of government did this country have in the interwar years(1919-1938)?
   

   weimar republic.

   hitler accused it of being ran by jews.

   weak government.

   lasted fourteen years.

   was a democracy.
   

3. How did their leader, that led them throughout WWII, come to power?
   talked about how he doesn't like the government in beer halls.

   hitler used his munipulative powers to decieve the unstable germans.

   hitler took over the state government.

   the communist party was claimed illegal.

   hitler became a dictator.

   nurember laws.

   no intermarriage.

   profession limitations.

   german shops didn't allow jews.

   kristallnacht- the night of glass, for all the broken glass.

   riots.

   polish border- no man's land.
   

4. How did this leader change their country(for the better and worse) prior to WWII?
   
5. What were the goals of the leader?
   

   ghettos.

   labor camps.

   death camps.

   the final solution, eliminate the jews.
   

6. What was the military strategy of this country in the inter-war years(1919-1938)?
   blitzkreig strategy using tanks and stuff.

   overturn the treaty of versallies and regain their lost land back.
   

7. What role did they play in WWII?
   
8. Who were their allies in WWII?
   the axis powers.
   
9. How did WWII impact/effect the country?
   cities were in massive ruins.

China.

1. How did the Treaty of Versailles impact them?
   
2. What type(s) of government did this country have in the interwar years(1919-1938)?
   Chaing Kai Shek.
   
3. How did their leader, that led them throughout WWII, come to power?
   Chaing Kai Shek.
   Mao Zedong- Communist leader.
   
4. How did this leader change their country(for the better and worse) prior to WWII?
   Chaing took over after the death of Yat-Sen in 1925.
   Mao was the first communist leader.
   
5. What were the goals of the leader?
   
6. What was the military strategy of this country in the inter-war years(1919-1938)?
   prolong the war as long as possible.
   
   
7. What role did they play in WWII?
   an allie of the US.
   major part in the pacific war against japan.
   
8. Who were their allies in WWII?
   england, us, societ union, france, australia, belgium, bolivia, brazil, canada, denmark, freece, mexico, netherlands, new zealand, norway, poland, south africa. (the allie powers.)
   main ones, great britian, soviet union, france, china, australia, canada.
   
9. How did WWII impact/effect the country?
   many people died from disease, starcation, massacres, bombing and deliberate genocide.
   an estimated 7.5 million people in china died from other causes.

France.

1. How did the Treaty of Versailles impact them?
   they were hoping to gain a sense of security because of their suffering from WWI, they wanted to regain the land of Alsace-Lorraine that Germany took from them in 1871. from the treaty they got a lot of land from Germany, they got money and German colonies from Africa
   
2. What type(s) of government did this country have in the interwar years(1919-1938)?
   france was a republic.
   democracy.
   laissex faire- hands off.
   socialists didnt like this cause they're hands on.
   in the 1930s the ideas of Fasciasm and Communism were popular.
   their popular front government fell apart when Leon Blum was elected prime minister
   - free french underground led by charles de gaulle.. their goal was to free france from german control vichy government was allowed to rule the southern part of france.
   
3. How did their leader, that led them throughout WWII, come to power?
   

   george clemenceau.. went to signing of the treaty of versailles

   charles de gaulle.. only leader who had success in defeating the germans, eventually becaume president of france

   eduardo daldier.. prime minister.. went to the munich conference paul reynaud was a war minister but was replaces with charles de gaulle
   daladier and reynaud were arrested by the vichy government and were taken as prisoners by the germans
   

4. How did this leader change their country(for the better and worse) prior to WWII?
   focused on defensive military strategy which was a losing strategy.
   

5. What were the goals of the leader?
   de gaulle- free french from german control and keep from being invaded by germany.
   vichy government- help the nazis.
   

6. What was the military strategy of this country in the inter-war years(1919-1938)?
   focused on defense.
   maginot line was supposed to defend them.. was a line on the boarders of italy and german.
   their strategy was unsuccessful.
   

7. What role did they play in WWII?
   provided battlefields.
   developed their army on the boarder and waited for germany to attack.
   free french underground fought with troops.
   vichy government worked with the german government and the axis powers.
   

8. Who were their allies in WWII?
   britain, united states, soviet union, china, australia, canada (main ones)
   

9. How did WWII impact/effect the country?
   high casualties
   super debt
   no longer powerful militarily
   led to the vietnam conflict/war