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The awesomeness that I created is showing my idea that I picture in my head when I think of Germany and the League of Nations over the Treaty of Versailles. In my drawing Germany is depicted as a falcon trapped in a cage and tied up by a rope. The rope and has the falcon’s wings kept close to its body, along with the cage keeping the bird from stretching its wings or going anywhere. In the same way the Treaty kept Germany from moving or expanding. The League of Nations is shown as a hand. Why a hand? Well because the League manhandled Germany. The hand has three things in its palm: an egg, talons, and a twig. The egg represents German speakers who were unable to rejoin the motherland Germany, the twig represents land that was taken from Germany, and the talons are the army and military force that was ripped from Germany.
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This picture shows the raw truth of the Depression. Big bold, capitalized letters make sure that anyone passing by notices the sign. A man in front walks past with his head held low and his back hunched in defeat. The two men behind him both have different reactions; one looks at the sign while the other seems to ignore it. And the man in the very back casts a shadow on the sign that eerily looks like a jester or joker as if it’s taunting the man in return.

“The New Era” __Locarno and the ‘New Era’__
 * Chapter 1**

· 1925 European statesmen’s conference in Locarno, Switzerland for world peace · Germany and France still disliked each other after Great War · 1923 French and Belgian armies took Ruhr Valley b/c Germany couldn’t pay damages. · Locarno Treaties · Respect each other’s boundaries, Germany never attack France or Belgium (1914) no attack from France or Belgium (1923) · Britain and Italy kept terms in line. · France support Poland and Czechoslovakia if Germany fought the two countries. · No war between the countries

__Friendship between nations__ · 1929 ‘new era’ · Paraguay and Bolivia had tiny quarrel · Foreign Ministers of the U.S. and France created **Kellogg-Briand Pact.** · Kellogg-Briand Pact-no war to settle controversies. · USSR signed **Eastern Pact** w/ neighboring countries. · Greece and Yugoslavia, Chile and Peru, Arabia and Turkey, Iran and Iraq didn’t quarrel. __The League of Nations__ · 1929 tenth anniversary of League of Nations · League of Nations; keep peace, make world better · Estab. 1919  · **Collective security**; one nation fought then the other’s would defend the attacked nation · Legal disputes; League’s Permanent Court of International Justice · League nations wouldn’t trade with a fighting country; economic **sanctions.** · League would join armies to defend one another · **Disarmament Commission**; lower weapons and raise security · **First ever disarmament conference**__;__ Geneva 1932 __The Limitations of the League__ · Not all included in the League · U.S. not included (policy of isolation’  · USSR not included, capitalist opposed communism   · 1926 Germany joined   · Not sure if the League could really alleviate problems between 2 large powers   · 400,000British joined League of Nations Union __The Great Depression__  · 1929-33   · Began in U.S.A. October   · Wall Street fell   · **Protectionism;** stop outside products from coming in, and create local products to raise demand   · Democratic gov’ts collapsed and anti-democratic gov’ts rose to power and acted rough towards other countries  __The Problem of Empires__   · Britain and France owned largest empires during 1929   · Britain and France owned 1/3 of the world __The Attraction of Manchuria__  · Japan contained Formosa, Korea, Liaodong, and Kiaochow   · Manchuria is bigger then the Japanese empire with less people   · Wealthy land with natural resources   · 1931 Japan controlled Manchuria’s econ. · Large army in Kwantung · Manchuria was a way out of Depression __Japan Invades Manchuria__ · September 18, 1931 Jap soldier destroyed part of South Manchuria Railway in Shenyang · Blamed on Chinese · League ordered Jap troops to withdraw from Manchuria · Kwantung continued and occupied and renamed it Manchukuo by late 1931 __The League and Manchuria__ · Commission of Enquiry sent to Manchuria · 1931-32 didn’t want to use sanctions against Japan · Lytton Commission made report on Oct 1932, Japan leave Manchuria and Manchuria continue to be semi-independent · Japan resigned from League · 1933 damaged the League’s reputation __Hitler’s Foreign Policy Aims__ · Nazi Party created 1919 · Refused to admit loss · July 1919 forced to agree to **Treaty of Versailles** · Treaty took away land, blamed Germany, gave away land and caused some Germans to live under another countries rule. · Hitler became Chancellor in 1933 · 3 aims; get rid of Treaty, unite German-speakers in one country, **lebensraum** (living space) __Re-armament__ · 1933 resigned from Geneva Disarmament Conference and League of Nations · March1935 Luftwaffe been remade · March 16, 1935 the secrecy was uncovered in public __Reactions to German Re-armament__ · Treaty didn’t stop the re-armament · **Maginot Line**; concrete forts built along the French and Germany border. · Italy took hold and put up defenses along their border with Austria to stop any union between Germany and Austria · **Stresa Front**; protest against Hitler’s plans · April 1935 uneasy peace
 * Chapter 2**
 * Chapter 3 Japan, Manchuria, and the League, 1931-33**
 * Chapter 4 The Revival of Germany 1933-35**

Summary: The “new era” had a short time of peace. The League of Nations was created along with the Treaty of Versailles, both were thought to be wonderful ideas, but hadn’t been tested before and later on didn’t uphold what they had been created for. Hitler had been inaugurated to Chancellor and rebuilt Germany’s army and set dangerous goals.

Questions: What was the Luftwaffe? and when was it created? Why did Japan want to control Manchuria? Under modern circumstances, do you think the League of Nations could have settled the disagreements about Germany rebuilding? What caused German-speaking people to live under a foreign countries rule? Why do you think Hitler publicly announced Germany's re-armament on March 16,1935?