Monday-
Movie Summarys
Tuesday-
The World Wars Video
Wednesday-
Operation Avalanche- we invaded Italy in 1943, In 1945 Mussolini and his Mistress Claretta Petacci, are hanged by Italians
Italy and the Holocaust- In 1938, Mussolini instituted laws discriminating the Jews, After the Fascist government fell when the US invaded (1943) the Germans moved in and took control and started shipping Jews to camps outside of Italy,
Why did Italy Lose? Italy was not prepared militarily to fight a prolonged war, Germnay had to constantly bail them out, Italian troops were spread too thin-Africa, Mediterranean, Albania, Geece,Soviet Union, France, Battle of Britain, The people of Italy were not prepared to fight or motivated to fight, Overall they were just weak,
Impact on Italy- 410,00 dead--330,000 military deaths, Spent $94 Billion, Italy had joined the Allies by 1943 so the big concern for the US was making sure Italy became a democracy after the wawr and not fall to communism, The US gave millions of dollars to Italy(Marshall Plan) to help rebuild after the war, Became a member of NATO in 1949, Became a member of the United Nations in 1955.
Germany's WWII Story 1919-1945- One people, One Empire, One leader, Swastika became the sign for the Nazi, Treaty of Versailles,
Thursday-
Treaty of Versailles- Germany lost land to, France, Belgium, Denmark, Czechoslovakia, Poland. Germany lost all their colonies overseas. Germany had to give land taken from Russia back to them. Germany's army was reduced to 100,000 men, no tanks, no air force, only some naval ships and no submarines, Rhineland was made into a demilitarized zone.
Loss of territory was a severe blow to Germany's economy, Germany had to pay $33 billion to the Allies.
Germany had to admit full responsibility for starting the war, Germany was forbidden to unite with Austria, League of Nations was set up to keep world peace.
There was anger throughout Germany when the terms were made public, The Treaty was seen by many Germans as being forced on them and the Germans had to choice but to sign it, German representatives in Paris knew that they had no choice as Germany was incapable of restarting the war again, Many right wing groups such as the Nazis believed in the Dolchstoss Theory
Blamed the "November Criminals" for accepting the treaty.
Weimar Republic- just like the US government, and ended up being a dictator leaglly through the governement.
Adolf Hitler- Born in 1889 in Austria, Family moved to Germany when he was three, Had five siblings and 3 of them died in infancy. Hitlers brother died in 1900 and his parents died before he was 20, After his brothers death, Hitler changed and became more moody, had more issues at school and with his dad, his dad died in 1903 and his mom died in 1907. All three deaths had a huge impact on the young Hitler. In Mein Kampf, Hitler said he first became anti-Semitic durin his time in Vienna, Austria.
Friday-
Hitler failed to get into the Academy of Fine Arts in Viena two different times, started selling paintings in the streets of Vienna, Failed his examination to get into the Austro-Hungarian army in 1914, Moved to Germany and joined the Germany army when WWI broke out in 1914.
hitler was wouned twice while serving, injured by a shell explosion, Temporarily blinded by a mustard gas attack, there is a story that Hitler could have been shot by the French soldier, Henry Tandy, but was spared, Hitler starts spying on the new Nationalist Socialist German Workers Pary(Nazi) for the German military,Hitler quickly realized that this goup discussed topics that he believed in, Hitler dropped out of the military and joined the Nazi Party and quickly rose to become the leader, Hitler found out that he had power of speech and persuasion during this time.
Beer Hall Putsch 1923- they marched to take over Germanyand completely failed, and he was arrested for treason, served 9 months in prison.
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