Italy
Muscilini thought he was powerful, but was not very powerful. He was invading Albania and another weak country. Invaded France only after Germany pretty much destroyed them. They invaded many countries, but were never very strong military-wise. Benito was shot and killed and dragged around the streets in celebration. Italy had to be rebuilt after the war, which was partially paid for by the US.
Soviet Union
Treaty: Russia had lost a little land and it made Poland out of that land. They gave a lot of land to Germany after WWI. Germany had to give this land back to Russia with the new Treaty. THey had a comunist government in the 20's. Stalin became the leader during WWII. Stalin helped and hurt the Soviet Union. He pushed towards an inudstrial country, which succeeded, but a lot of people became poor and starved.
5 year plans:
- Collectivization - Stalin's process of taking over the Russian farms.
- Nationalization - When the soviet government took over the industry and businesses. THey were all controled by the government.
Stalin killed over 10 million people with these processes. His goals were to halt German advances, and to build up the Soviet Union economy, get back land they had lost, secure their borders. The military strategy: the soldiers were all stationed up on the border, but GErmany attacked them, which pushed them back. After that, their only strategy was to survive. At first in the war, they had a non-agression pack with Germany, and they both invaded Poland. But Germany invaded Russia, so they became allies. Because of WWII, they lost so many people, 10's of millions, not including the people Stalin killed. THough, it became a super-power along-side the US.
Japan
They recieved land from the Treaty in WWI. They had a constitutional monarchy as a government system. Emperor Hirohito and Military leader Tojo had lead Japan during the war. Japan, in the 1920s, they joined the League of Nations. THey signed the Washington Naval converence. Japan, US, Britain, France, China respected each other's posetions in the Pacific Ocean. They would limit their naval sizes. THey would promote the open door trade in China for all acountries, and garruntee Chinese independence. And then Japan outlawed war. They wanted WWI to be the war to end all wars. The emporer came to power because he was next in line when his grandpa died. Tojo didn't become leader until right before the Attack of Pearl Harbor. The emporer wanted to expand into China, but didn't want the US and GP to interfere in their affairs. They wanted to expand because of natural resources. They bombed Pearl Harbor because it was where our pacific fleet was based.
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