Italy
axis powers at first then switched
they were germany's alliance
they eventually invaded france
while mousallini thought he was powerful, he really wasn't
he usually invaded countries that were weaker
invaded france after they got demolished by germany
they lost some land after WWII
binito was shot and killed
not as much happened in italy then what happened in germany
millions of people died
lots of the rebuiliding was paid for by the united states
Soviet Union/Russia
treaty of versailles- lost a little land but didn't really do much
they were communist
vladimir lenin- USSR
-believed in turning the government over to the people
the government is going to take control of everything for a while and then the government will disolve and they will take over
he died early
then joseph stalin came to power
he was very short (5 3)
people really respected him
changed the course of soviet history
we will never know if lenin's plan would have worked
5 year plans
-collectivization- process of taking over the farms
-nationalization- when the soviet government took over the factories and bussinesses; now controled by the soviet government
basically where they wanted to be in 5 years
in the process of this about 10 million people died
when they took over the entire economy- businesses, what people do, ect.
not as well known but killed more people than hilter did
he was a true killer
they didn't fight a whole lot and wanted to defeat germany eventually
WWII goals to hault german advances
he first wanted to build up the soviet union
get back land
secure their boarders
they wanted to have coutries surrounding them that they had control over
stalin told the soviet troops to burn everything in their path while they are retraeting them
don't retreat or be killed
he did not want stalingrad to fall
at first they had a non agression pack with germany- agreed not to fight with one another
germany invaded them and they went allied powers
they lost a lot of people- tens of millions
stalin remained in power
destroyed once again
the country somehow became a power house
it came out of WWII besides the US best out of anyone
Japan
treaty of versailles- gave them land for germany's islands
also gave them land in china
they had a consitituional monarchy- emperor hirohito- didnt actually control japan though
he was too good to deal with government issues
WWII was the first time he had ever talked to the people of japan and that was to end the war
hideki tojo- had all the power
in the 1920's joined the league of nations- promoted peace, signed a washington navel conference
japan promised they would respect eachother's possetions- like colonies
they would limit their navel sizes
promote the open door trade with china
and guarantee chinese independence
(US, Great Britian, France, China, Japan)
they outlawed war
forbid war as a way to settle disputes
hirohito was next in line then his grandfather died so he was next up
tojo came to power with military take over
three years later they invade to get natural resources because they didn't have much
japan was very dependednt on US trade then our tariffs went up and so they couldnt buy much goods from us
great depression was hitting
the answer was to invade china
1937 they invade the rest of china
they really needed resources
they bomber pearl harbor in hawaii
it was an easy target
their goal was to show the US that just talking wouldn't work it out
they wanted to eliminate us so we couldn't invade them
we were extremely isolated- great britian was the only country left standing
admiral yamaoto came up with the pearl harbor plan to bomb in hawaii
he saw all the potentional that the US had
he didnt think it was a good idea to attack us but it would be the best thing to do to get us out of the war
US said it wasn't worth going to war with them
japan wasnt going to invade the US
they just wanted to knock us out of the war and get us to start trading with them again
japan realized it could have the opposite effect as well
a lot of people thought that FDR wanted to go to war but thought that a lot of americans didnt want to go to war yet
he wanted to help out great britain
japan was trying to make peace with the US so they could get oil
they said they would pull out of china and then we would give them oil and trade with them again.
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