Today Mr. Bruns and the class are talking about the countries again. Today we are talking about soviet union!
I. Treaty of Versailles
-know what it specifically did and how it helped lead to WWII
II. League of Nations
-define and explain it's weaknesses
-Why didn't the US join
III. Know the basics about the following countries:
-How did WWI/Treaty of Versailles impact this country
-How did this country change in the 1920's/1930's(includes leader coming to power and their goals).
-What was/were this countries military strategies in the 1920's and 1930's.
-How was this country involved on WWII(what alliance did they belong to, how were they involved within the war)
Germany
Some people liked him because he gave people jobs in the military.
Weimar Republic. People did not like this.
Hitler comes to power because he was put into prison for trying to overthrow the Weimar Republic. While in prison, he learned that he has to do it the legal way. Tried running for president but didn't work. The president at that time appointed Hitler is Chancellor. They knew he was crazy and he made himself dictator. To get people out of poverty, he promised jobs. Of course, military jobs opened up! Building up the military was a good thing tho.
BUT...hitler killed a lot og jews. First, he took away German citizenship. Jews can only marry jews...They went into concentration camps and death camps.
His goals were to make military strong,to move into countries and dilute the nonpure status, lebensraum("Living Space".)
As WW2 approached, Hitler's strategy was blitskrieg. (lighting war) (attack with airplanes, troops, and machines, tanks) and take out factories, military camps, railroads(transportation.) Germany invaded and trapped Poland. Poland was between a rock and a hard place. (Germany and Soviet Union.) Hitler believed in offensive tactics.
After the war, lives were lost, cities were bombed. Hitler killed himself.
Italy
Allied powers. Italy gained land from Austria-Hungary. Italy wanted more land. Italy's leader was muscellini. government fashism. Leader was athiest(no god) King Victory was almost all catholic. muscellini made a deal with the catholic church. If catholism was required to be taught in schools, then they would like him more. Fashism is building military, glorifying the country of italy. (patriotism, nationalism.) Muscellini tried to reform the country. He made trains run on time(efficient) Negatively, he got them into the war and they werent strong. He made allies with Germany and the poeple did not like that at all. His goals were to control North Africa, ethiopia and build up the military. Muscellini was killed and their government became allies of the US. WW2 impacted italy in ways such as there was a lot of fighting, debt, deaths,
Soviet Union
Japan
Attacked Asia, China specifically. They wanted to build up their army and they used planes for their military alot.Without planes, Pearl Harbor wouldn't have happened. the U.S. bombed them, but we later basically HAD to help them because otherwise communists would have helped them and we did not want that.
Great Britain
France
China
US
Canada
Australia
IV. Hitler's Treatment of the Jews
V. Munich Conference-Policy of Appeasement
VI. US Role in the 1920's/1930's
-Washington Naval Conference
-Kellog-Briand Pact
-Neutrality Acts throughout the 1930's
-Quarantine Speech
-Bases for Destroyers
-Lend-Lease Act
VII. Soviet-German Non-Aggression Pact
VIII. Outbreak of War--Blitzkrieg!!
-Japan and China
-Germany and Poland
-Germany and France
-Germany and Great Britain
-Germany and the Soviet Union
IX. Pearl Harbor
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