Unit 7.5 - Unresolved Tensions
"Basically, people pissed off after WW1"
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Continued Colonial Rule
- Many colonies saw the war a means to gain Independence from their colonial rulers
- Instead colonies just moved Hands
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Hopes from the mandate system
- Suggested by the USA
- Divided colonies into 3 categories
- Class C - Small Population, Under developed (Treated as colonies)
- Class B - Big Population, Under developed (Ruled by victorious powers, not colonies)
- Class A - Big Population, Properly developed (Suited for Independence
- ==In theory, supposed to slowly create self governed nations==
- ==In practice, just led to colonies==
Expansion by other powers
Japan
- ==Successful industrialization from Meiji reforms.==
- Used to expand in Asia and created its own empire
- Created puppet states, most notably Manchuko.
- Last ruler of Qing Dynasty installed as chief executive of state
USSR
- After Civil war the ==USSR sought to regain its lost lands==
- Invaded neighbors during the interwar period
- Invaded the Baltic Countries (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania)
- Took over Belarus and Ukraine
- Huge casualties in Finland and Poland
- Solders unprepared for winter in Finland
- Pushed back by Poland after battle of Warsaw (Miracle on the Vistula)
Tensions in European States
Italy
- Under compensation for WW1, left not much promised lands
- Would lead a certain bald-man to get angry.
Germany
- Discussed in unit 7.4, forced to pay war reparations & economy left in ruins
- Led to people to turn to political extremes for solutions
- Would pave way for a certain art school reject
Anti-Colonial Movements
Indian National Congress
- Advocated for independence from the UK
- Used Peaceful Means
- Formed in 1885, before WW1
- Lead Under Gandhi
African National Congress
- Created in South Africa by educated Africans
- Wanted equal rights
Summary
Everyone in the loosing side of WW1 was pissed. They resent many of the victorious power leading to WW2. The colonies of victorial powers had also demanded independence, of course they didn’t grant it but it started to show cracks in their empire.