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paris peace conference
terms of peace were to be talked abt in the palace of versailles
woodrow wilson (us)
georges clemeceau (france)
david lloyd george (britain)
vittorio orlando (italy
germany was not represented
treaty of versailles
ended the war between germany and most allied powers controversial bc its states that germany caused the war (austria-hungary were), they were ordered to pay the damages that the allied powers sustained
made germany angry and bitter
flawed peace treaty
angered germany a lot, they had to reduce their army, cut the navy, and eliminate the airforce
woodrow wilson - 14 points
put an end to secret treaties, freedom of the seas, free trade, and reduced national armies to navies
self determination - allowing ppl to decide for themselves under what government they wished to live
league of nations
europeans started this, but eventually failed bc us did not join
the great depression
low economic activity and rising unemployment
stock market crash of 1929, bank failures, drought
half of american banks closed, which also affected european countries
FDR
new deal - series of programs, public work projects, reforms, etc,
attempted to control agricultural production, stabilize wages and prices, create a vast public work program for the unemployed
rise of dictators
italy, soviet union, germany, and others adopted dictorial regimes
took both old and new forms
totalitarian state
government aims to control everything
fascisim
benito mussolini set up the first _______ movement in italy
militant political movement that emphasized loyalty to the state and obedience to its leader
nazism
german brand of fascism
adolf hitler
ex ww1 soldier, wanted to bring back the glory of the germans
wanted to conquer land for germany in eastern europe
hitler becomes dictator
expanded nazi party, had a naitonal party organization
became largest party in the german parliament
german president agreed to allow hitler to become chancellor bc of pressure from citizens
ww2
global conflict that lasted from september 1 1939 - september 2, 1945
causes of ww2
treaty of versailles
failure of the league of nations
aggression of japan
aggression in italy
aggression of germany, rise of hitler & nazis
policy of appeasement
beginning causes of ww2
treaty of versailles placing all the blame on germany, punishing them too much
league of nations had no army to prevent military aggression of italy and germany
aggression in japan
japan exploded and destroyed their own railway and blamed the chinese, used the opportunity and retaliated
made manchuria (chinese city) into a state and renamed it machukuo - placed a puppet ruler on the throne
withdrew from league after being threatened by the org to stop, continued anyway
aggression in germany
hitler announced to his advisers his plans to absorb austria and czechoslovakia into german empire
treaty of versailles stopped any union between austria and germany
germany and soviet union signed a non aggression pact
aggression of italy
controlled some parts in africa but failed to colonize ethiopia
benito mussolini aggressively took ethipia and the league told italy to stop
attempted to ban the country from selling arms, rubber, and metals
hitler would soon enter into an alliance with this
policy of appeasement
if the european states satisfied the reasonable demands of germany, they will stop (lie)
germany was given sudetanland bc of this
us declares neutrality
president roosevelt passed 3 neutrality acts that banned loans and the sale of arms to nations at war
germany violates the treaty
germany remakes their airforce and expands their army
they sent their troops to rhineland, while the rest of europe ignored him in hope that he would stop
germany and austria unite
hitler threatned austria with invasion, and forced the chancellor of austria to put nazis in charge of the government
germany shocks the world
after non aggression pact, hitler offered stalin control of eastern poland and baltic states
germany invaded poland, 2 days later britain and france declared war on germany
ww2 in asia
japan was being warned by the US to back off with its aggression in asia, responded to them with aggression of economic sanctions and trade embargoes to halt their aggression
bombing of pear harbor - end of neutrality and they joined the war
battle of britain
german planes bombed british air and naval bases, harbors, etc
winston churchill motivated the english to keep fighting
japans ambitions
after bombing the harbor, us left the philippines and they declared the creation of a community of nations
greater east asia co-prosperity sphere
entire thing was under japanese direction
wanted to liberate the colonial areas of southeast asia from western colonial rule
last years of the war - germany
d-day, allied forces under us landed on normandy beaches, history’s greatest naval invasion
hitler committed suicide
germany unconditionally surrendered its military forces to the allies
last years of the war - japan
us wanted to end the war really quick - atomic bomb being dropped (hiroshima, nagasaki)
japan surrenderedon aug 14
marked the end of ww2
impacts of the war
end of colonialism in asia and africa
un was created
nuremberg trials
japan was demilitarized
japan went thru democratization
war crimes
holocaust & concentration camps (hitler)
hell ships were merchant vessels which transported pows and laborers (japan)
bataan death march (philippines)
rape of nanjing (china)
hostility towards japanese-americans
internment camps were established by fdr that anyone of japanese descent would have to stay there
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