Notes!!
I. Treaty of Versailles
-know what it specifically did and how it helped lead to WWII
the land that was lost though this treaty was one of the main reasons for war.
Territorial
-germany lost alot of land to france, poland, czecholsvakia, denmark, belgium, japan, and great britan.
Military
-germany's army was reduced to 100,000 men, and no takes
-no airforce at all
-only allowed 6 capital naval ships, no submarine
-and there was the Rhineland which said that no german soldier, or weapon was allowed on it at all.
Financial
- 33 billion dollars thant they had to pay.
-lost alot of land that they could have used to make money with
-germany was also forbidden to unite with austria to fromone superstate.
-germany took responisbitly for starting the war
II. League of Nations
-this was started with the treaty of Versallies
-is still around today but known as united nations
-germany wasnt allowed to join right away but evenutally would
-united states was never in it eventhough we were the ones that wanted it
-define and explain it's weaknesses
-it didnt have an army so it couldnt really do anything
-us wasnt in it even though we wanted it
-had to have majority vote to pass anything
-they didnt wat to go to war so they didnt do anything
-the worst they could do was ecomonic sanctions
-becuase us wasnt in it made it weaker
-Why didn't the US join
-they thought that we would constantly be brought into wars becuase they were always at war
-and the senate was republicans and the pres was democrate
-they didnt say anything to hitler because they didnt want to goto war.
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
Italy
Soviet Union
Japan
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
Blog discussions!
Canada
austin and i's
Austrilla
dustin's
-came under direct attack from the japanise
-austilla was important to us so we wanted it so we could put up bases for us
-the battle of coral sea was against us and japan. which stoped japan from going to austrilla
-they were part of the allie powers
-suffered a little bit from the great depression
-they lost not as many casulites as other countries but still quite afew
-they didnt get indepence from britan
-they kinda did the same thing canada did for indepence
Germany
emily and isaac
-hitler was accually elected to his position
-hitler accually wrote a book while he was in prison for only 10 months
-pres happens to die...not hitlers fault
-hitler got rid of democracy after being appointed to be pres
-hitler hated natzies and communists
-promised jobs which gave him support
-his title was derfuehrer...or leader
-rebuilt army, and got back land
-alot of people like hitler
-killed millions of jews...but didnt do it right away...he started taking things away from them and eventually he killed them
-his goals were to dominate europe, creation of the areian race, kill jews becuase he believed the jews were gonna rape women to dilute their blood
-lebensraum-"living space" so he wanted part of russia for these people to live in
-build up germany...but in the end he was a sick man on drugs, and many other things
-blitzcreek...hitler focused on offense
-they were part of axis powers, japan, and italy
-nazis had to be destroyed was decided by the alli powers
-german citys were destroyed with bombs
-from 1941-1991 germany was 2 countries...east and west germany
-germany nevera accually had 100,000 men
-they would train 100,000 men and then they would let them go and put them in the reserves
-eventhough they werent suppose to have an airforce so instead they trained them over seas and the theory
-people in germany hated the treaty, and hitler would use this to get supporters in what he wanted
-hitler blamed the weimar republic for the treaty
-hitler was elected in
-the weimer republic it failed becuase hitler blamed it on everything that was happeneing to them
-it was also the first democracy in germany and it was hard to get into
Hitler's backround
-look to my blog for his child hood
-he would go to beer hall putch which was when he went to the bars and talked politics
-he wrote the book mein kampf or my battle and my struggle
-his whole book was about the jews and how bad they were
-he also talks about takin gover russia
-he used propaganda to make the jews look back and natzi's were good
-hitler didnt like smart people
-he loved kids realy shocking
-the sawasticka sign used to mean peace..not anymore
Italy
scott and cameo
-mussolini really hated rich people
-he went to catholic school
-eventually became elementary school
-the king wanted mussolini to become prime minister so that comunist wouldnt come to power
-they really didnt get anything from the treaty of versallies
-got some land from austria from another treaty
-victorio orlando was in power
-benito mussolini was the leader in 1922 until the end of the war
-he came to power because the king wanted him to be in power but leave the king there
-faschit was the government he started.
-fascism is the a what mussolini believed it
-this had a strong nationalism and dictator and militarism
-they also thought that your life should revove around italy
-italy tired to make them less depenedent on germany
-mussolini made the trains run on time as people said. he made them more efficent
-mussolini was not liked by the catholic church so he made a deal with them saying that they were gonna make catholic the religion of italy and it was to be taught in school.
-he wanted to take territories but it didnt work for him. eventually they would capture and kill mussolini. they drug him around behind a truck.
-eventually became our alli but started out being part of the axis powers
Soviet Union
tanner
-they lost land for poland but they didnt really loose anything with the treaty of versallies
-vladimir lenin really wanted the people to take over but he knew that couldnt have that right away.
-after lenin joseph stalin took over being pres. very respected person.
-stalin idustrialize the country but then he pushed people to poverty
5 year plans
-Collectiviation-the farms were taken over by the government so you didnt own it anymore
-nationalization- when soviet union took over the industry, and all the businesses
-these two things kill about 10 million people
-this was before world war two started.
-to hault german soldiers so they couldnt get into their boundaries(goal)
-secure borders by having allies on there boreder not enimes (goal)
-scorched earth plan was to burn anything when they retreated
-stalin battle lost more people than the united states lost though the whole war
-not to retreat if you some one did shoot them
-they had a none agression pack with germany and then wen germany started invading the borders then they went to alli powers
-lost alot of lives
-even though they lost alot they were the second power house in the world....this is why we won the cold war and eventually fell apart after they failed
Japan
courtney and kelsey
-the treaty gave them land and part of china and some islands
-they were an alli during the first world war but were not our alli during the second
-had a constituanal monarchy during the war
-the empoer was hirohito and was seen as a god so that made you too good to do anything with them.
-the first time he talked to the people was to end the war during world war 2
-hideki tojo was the leader underneath the emperor but made most of the decisions
-they joined the league of nations
- and joined the washington naval conference which said that japan, us, and great brian, and france, and china. would promote free trade with china, limit naval size, respect colonies, garenteed china independance
-signed the kelloge brand pack to make sure that there was no war again
-hirohito came to power through his grandfather and blood lines
-hirohito wanted to expand but didnt want to upset us, britan, or france
-japan wanted to expand so they could get more natural resouces since they couldnt depend on the us anymore.
-they started with china.
-bombed peral harbor to get us in the war
-they bombed it because it was our naval base
-they wanted to keep us out of the war by bombing us
-admiral yamamoto was a very educated person said that it was a bad idea becuase he said that we were a sleeping giant.
-they wanted us to start trading with them again
-there was the backdoor consperacy. roosevelt wanted to get in the war so when japan bombed us it was a way to get in
-we also said that we would trade with them again if they moved out of vietman, and china
-fdr let them hit us so we could get in the war( rumor)
Great Britain
courtney and brandon
-britain never serenered to hitler
-churchhill was the leader
-they got teritories in africa from germany
-closeest allie since this war
-lost alot of money and lives
-they were not the super power anymore...it kinda gave it to us
-they lost most of their terrriotories
France
cheryl and ana
-the treaty gave them land from germany and they got alasce-larran which was a colony in africa
-thought the treaty should have been harder on germany
-got money to pay off debt from the war
-they were apart of the alli powers so us, united kingdom, soviet union
-had a constitual monarchy for their government
-charles degaulle would lead them to war.
-and there was the vichy government which was led by marshal henri petain
-marshal listened to what ever hitler said
-this part of the government helped hitler round up jews so they could be killed.
-hitler allowed the southern part of france to controled by marshal
-they built the maginot line which was a a wall of cement wall that was suppose to be unbreakable kinda like the titanic
-it didnt work becuase it wasnt as sturdy near beligum and thats how germany went throught to france
-this was to try to slow the tanks
-comunist were making alot of head way
-france was more of a defensive than offensive
-they werent mentally prepard to go to war
-britan and france didnt want to got to war but didnt want to do anything
-there was the fony war is when britan and france went to war with germany but they didnt do anything until april 1949
-they didnt put up a fight becuase they werent mentally ready
- they lost alot of power and was never the same for them
-alot of deaths, and it was a really high cost
-they never really excpted it
-after world war 2 france goes to vietiam but them they pull out and we have to step in so it doesnt go to comunism
China
morganne
-it didnt really want to stop fighting and they didnt approve of the treaty and it really didnt inpact them
-they eventually went into comunism
-Mao Zedog (tse-tung) -he was the comunist
-Chiang Kai Shek-was the nationalist parties
-chiang wanted the whole country to become nationalist
-during there civial war they come together to get rid of japan and then they go back to war but in the end mao wins so they are now a comunist contry
-in 1931 japan invades china
-they were part of the alli powers
-this war impacted them it changed the government, favored comunist, lost resources, population suffered alot of people,and there was the rape of nanking
-the rape of nanking was when 60-80 percent of women were raped by japanise in the city of nanking
-when japan invaded china they couldnt win because how big china is
US
alex and cole
-the treaty didnt do any good because we never passed i
-our presidents were fdr, harry trueman was vice president
-fdr was voted in 4 time. truman was pres at end of war
-there was the new deal
-World War two helped our economy in the end
-our mility strategy was pretty much isolated
-in the 30s we passed neutrality acts
-we didnt build up our army until we needed it so to fill it up we had lots of volenteers and drafts did alot
-we were really indutrial in making alot of things
-we played the role of supplier and power house
- our allies were the allie power
-we lost lot of people
-became the world superpower which we still are today
-WW2 segwayed to the Cold war
POWER PACT
-the 4, 5, 9 power pact
-this stated taht japan, france, us, great briatn, and itality, and alot more
-this stated that you would leave peoples things alone in the pacific ocean
-the 9 was all about china and the open door policy
**just know the main facts
dont forget the treaty of versallies
Germany's part in the war...and what when down in statics...and the holocaust
the holocaust- genocide of jews during ww2
-about 2/3 of the jews in europe were killed during the holocaust
-many other people died too; although it was aimed at the jews
-6 million jews; 12 million total
-hitler also didn't like communists, poles, dark skinned peopl, slavic people, gypsies, mentally and physically handicapped people, mixed races, homosexuals, political opponents, and jehovah's witness
-the aryan race- refers to a people speaking a indo-european dialect
-perfect aryan was blonde, blue-eyed, tall, and muscular
-master race that originated around germany
-lebensborn- fount of life
-aryan men hook up with aryan women to reproduce and have more blonde hair, blue-eyed babies
-lebensraum- living space in russia; hitler wanted his aryan race to go there
-hitler took babysteps prior to the holocaust
1933
- nazis suspend liberties for all citizens
- concentration camps are set up; first inmates are 200 communists
- jews are forbidden from working as civil servants, doctors, teachers
1935
- nuremburg laws
-took away german citizenship from jews thus making them second class citizens removing their basic rights
-established membership in the jewish race as being anyone who considered themselves jewish or had close jewish ancestory
-jews could only marry jewss
-no sexual relations between non-jewish germans and jews
1936
- nazis boycott jewish-owned businesses
1938
- kristallnacht; "night of the broken glass"
-november 9 and 10, 1938 nazis go into jewish neighborhoods breaking windows of jewish businesses and homes, burning down synagogues and looting
-goal was destroying their culture
1938
- all jewish children are expelled from public schools
-nazis took control of jewish-owned business
1939
- hitler orders the systematic murder of the mentally and physically disabled in germany and austria
-jews are required to wear armbands or yellow stars
1940
- nazis deport german jews to poland
-jews are forced into ghettos
-nazis begin the first mass murder of jews in poland
1941
-jews throughout eastern europe are forced into ghettos
-in 2 days german units shoots 33,771
1942
-nazi officials announce "final solution"-their plan to kill all european jews
-5 death camps begin operation in polan, majdanek, sobibor, treblinka, belzec, and auschwitz-birkenau
-ghettos of eastern europe are being emptied as thousands of jews are shipped to death camps
-the us, great britan, and soviet union acknowlege that germans are exterminating the jews of europe
1943
-jews in warsaw ghetto resist as the nazis begin new rounds of depotiations. these jews hold out for nearly a month before the nazis put down the uprising
1944
-hilter takes over hungary nd begins deporting 12 thousands jews
1945
-hitler is defeated adn ww2 ends in europe
-the holocaust is over the death camps are emptied
-many survivors are placed in displaced persons camps until they find a country willing to accept them
1947
-the united nations est. a jewish homeand in british
-contolled pestine, which becomes the state of israel in 1948
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