Great Britain
Great Britain got land in the treaty of versailles. They also got billions of dollars from germany. Great Britain was a Constitutional Monarchy. They had a Royal Family but the couldn't do much concerning their country. Winston Churchill was the countries leader during WW2. Chamberlain was the leader before Churchill. He let Hitler take land as long as he didnt take anymore. Because of this he wasnt very popular. When war was imminent everyone realized he knew what he was talking about. So they elected him prime minister. HIs famous quote is "we shall never surrender." He kept the people motivated he kept them from surrendering. he was a good leader. WW2 lost its Super Power status after WW2. Their lost alot of thier land and they were never the same after that. They became 2nd tier as opposed to the US and the Soviet Union who were the 2 superpowers of the world.
France
The treaty of versailles gave France all their land back from WW1. They were happy that Germanys military was limited. Germany had to pay France a lot of money. France was essentially a Democracy before and during WW2. They had 2 leaders Charles De Gaulle who was the Free French Underground which was a secret resistance against Germany after France was overrun by Germany. Hitler allowed the vichy government to control a small part of France which was led by Marshal Petain. They were allied with Hitler and the Nazis. France was not proud of this part of their history. Charles de Gaulle became the president of France after the war. France wanted to make sure that they didnt have to worry about Germany ever again. France was very defensive before WW2. They had a great defensive line but Germany just surrounded them and it didnt work as well as it shouldve. So France was overrun within a month of getting invaded. France didnt have as much power or influence like did before the war after the war.
China
China was affected that much by WW1. Chiang Kai Shek hated communism and was the leader of the National Party. Mao Zedong was another leader who believed in Communism. These leaders were very opposed to each other and a civil war was close to breaking out. They did have a civil war in the 30's. Japan invaded them for resources. China had a lot of casualties had a lot of casualty. A lot of innocent people were killed by the Japanese. And they raped 80,000 women in some city. and 200 thousand people died just in that city.
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