Blog Discussion
USSR (Russia)-
- government- used to have a czar but then the communists took over. Lenin was in control first then Stalin
- lost land after wwi
- Stalins goal- 5 year plans
- collectivization-government took over the farms
- nationalization
- tried to build up the economy and the military
- Stalin killed a lot of people he didn't trust or if they got in his way (10 million people)
- tried to secure their borders- wanted to be surrounded by friendly countries
- went to war with germany- lost a lot of people- didn't get taken over by germany
- what role did they play- allies- but still kind of enemies with US
- Scorched Earth Policy- they burned everything as they retreated so germany couldnt use it
- USSR became a world superpower with the US after the war
Great Britian-
- Treaty of Versailles- war reparations from germany
- monarchy- George V was king
- Neville Chamberlain- Prime Minister- not very popular
- Munich Conference- decided to give hitler czecholslovakia
- Winston Churchill opposed this appeasement- said we needed to hit hitler when he was weak
- Winston Churchill
- goals- stop HItler from coming to power
- self preservation- lots and lots of bombing happening in Britian- tried to withstand this and not surrender
- tried to keep people positive
- military strategy- ignore it- avoid war- give hitler what he wanted
- role- important base for US operations- Allies
- impact- bombings completely destroyed everything, people were broke, ended it's rain as a superpower
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