Today in class we did the last PowerPoint finally and then Mr. Bruns was going to try and go over his thing.
Italy
1. How did the Treaty of Versailles impact them?
If Italy declared war on Germany they were supposed to get land and they got some but not as much as hoped.
2. What type(s) of government did this country have in the interwar years (1919-1938)?
They were fascist and was headed by an emperor, they also had a monarchy headed by a king. Fascism is where they have an emperor and were very militaristic and nationalist and imperialism which so they wanted to take over land.
3. How did their leader, that led them throughout WWII, come to power?
He was appointed by the king to be Prime Minister because he wanted to end communism and then he continued to gain power until he became a dictator.
4. How did this leader change their country (for the better and worse) prior to WWII?
He organized Italy and he made the economy better. Everything was efficient and if a train was scheduled to be there it wouldn’t be late and this helped with their nationalism and gave them respect. He built up the military. He invaded countries and he wanted to take over the Mediterranean.
5. What were the goals of the leader?
He wanted to take over the Mediterranean and a lot of Africa. He wanted Italy to be a major power and promised that they would restore the Roman Empire or something like that.
6. What was the military strategy of this country in the inter-war years (1919-1938)?
The military was built up and they began taking over countries in Africa and Europe.
7. What role did they play in WWII?
They fought most of their war in Africa until they were taken over by Germany and then fought in Italy’s mountains to get free.
8. Who were their allies in WWII?
The Axis Powers and they switched to the Allies after they were taken over by Germany and Mussolini was killed.
9. How did WWII impact/effect the country?
The cities were massively destroyed because they thought that it was a good way to get into Europe. They weren’t a power anymore and they became a democracy and an ally of ours.
-----Lenin was the ruler of the USSR that was very Marxist and the Soviet Union idolized him. With the treaty of Versailles some countries were made from parts of other countries like Poland, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia and some others lost land like Germany. Know what the treaty did to Germany and how they took responsibility and paid 33 million. The League of Nations was a worldwide peacekeeping organization that had no military and we never joined. Mussolini didn’t like going to church but he was a teacher and he eventually became a fascist dictator. The Washington Naval conference was G.B, France, US, Japan, and Italy, they wanted to make WW1 to be the last war by decreasing the militaries and naval fleets. China was also not to be taken over and have free trade with other countries.
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