Isolationsim
Have you ever heard of the term isolationism? Isolationism is the policy or doctrine of isolating one's country from the affairs of other nations by declining to enter into alliances, foreign economic commitments, foreign trade, international agreements, etc., seeking to devote the entire efforts of one's country to its own advancement and remain at peace by avoiding foreign entanglements and responsibilities.
After World War I, the United States turned to isolationism. The US even turned down being in the League of Nations. After the cost and destruction of World War I the US wanted nothing to do with being in World War II. That is until the Japanese attacked our country. Once that happened, we were all for going into the war.
The United States closed the doors to immigration during the 1920's. They excluded Chinese, Japanese, and Europeans.
The United States raised tariffs. Prices raised in American because cheaper foreign products were kept out of the US market. It also took away important markets for many European and Latin American countries. People in all these countries lost their jobs and they couldn't sell their products to the US. Eventually foreign nations responded by raising their own tariffs which excluded American products from foreign markets.
http://www.andycrown.net/isolation.htm
After World War I, the United States turned to isolationism. The US even turned down being in the League of Nations. After the cost and destruction of World War I the US wanted nothing to do with being in World War II. That is until the Japanese attacked our country. Once that happened, we were all for going into the war.
The United States closed the doors to immigration during the 1920's. They excluded Chinese, Japanese, and Europeans.
The United States raised tariffs. Prices raised in American because cheaper foreign products were kept out of the US market. It also took away important markets for many European and Latin American countries. People in all these countries lost their jobs and they couldn't sell their products to the US. Eventually foreign nations responded by raising their own tariffs which excluded American products from foreign markets.
http://www.andycrown.net/isolation.htm
germany
The history of the economic crisis in Germany before the Second World War began with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919. After WWI, Germany was deprived of a part of its territories with three-quarters of iron ore reserves. Germany was supposed to pay $33 billion of reparations. Germany went into chaos of inflation. That's when Adolf Hitler influenced the nation to become a dictatorship to save the economy. German authorities conducted a reform in 1923 so that helped the economic growth a lot. Germany had suffered more than most from the Great Depression in the US in 1929. That deprived Germany of the source of finance. 4 years later, Hitler became Germany's 5th chancellor on January 30th, 1933. A lot of Germans hoped that Hitler would stay powerful for a few months like the other chancellors, but Hitler changed everything. A crisis in the West gave Germany the chance to leave the Treaty of Versailles. Germany also pulled out for the League of Nations and announced that they were going to work on the defense industry within four years.
http://english.pravda.ru/world/europe/02-07-2009/107924-hitler-0/
http://english.pravda.ru/world/europe/02-07-2009/107924-hitler-0/
Japan
The Great Depression effected Japan's economy almost as bad as the rest of the world. A little after that in 1930, the Prime Minster was shot by an ultra-nationalist. In 1931, as control faded from the government, the army independently invaded Manchuria. They controlled the entire border region, establishing the "puppet state" of Manchukuo. Though the League of Nations did not like the plan, they couldn't do anything about it. Soon, Japan withdrew its membership.
In July 1937, Japanese soldiers at the Marco Polo Bridge on the Manchuria border used explosions as a pretext to invade China. It turned into a full out war. It soon developed into a full out war, blessed by Hirohito. Japan enjoyed military superiority over China.
The army advanced quickly and occupied Peking. By December, Japanese defeated Chinese forces at Shanghai and controlled Nanking. There Japanese troops had a brutal war: the ‘Rape of Nanking’, which 300,000 civilians were slaughtered.
By 1939, the war was at a stalemate. In 1940, Japan signed the Tripartite Pact, creating the Rome-Tokyo-Berlin Axis, building on the alliance created in 1936 by the Anti-Comintern Pact. In 1941, when Imperial General Headquarters ignored Roosevelt’s plan of the removal of troops from China and French Indochina, the US President announced an oil embargo on Japan. For Japan, that was perfect pretext for a war. After that, on December 7th, 1941 they attacked Pearl Harbor.
http://learningenglish.voanews.com/content/america-history-relations-between-us-japan-worsen--122622634/116119.html
In July 1937, Japanese soldiers at the Marco Polo Bridge on the Manchuria border used explosions as a pretext to invade China. It turned into a full out war. It soon developed into a full out war, blessed by Hirohito. Japan enjoyed military superiority over China.
The army advanced quickly and occupied Peking. By December, Japanese defeated Chinese forces at Shanghai and controlled Nanking. There Japanese troops had a brutal war: the ‘Rape of Nanking’, which 300,000 civilians were slaughtered.
By 1939, the war was at a stalemate. In 1940, Japan signed the Tripartite Pact, creating the Rome-Tokyo-Berlin Axis, building on the alliance created in 1936 by the Anti-Comintern Pact. In 1941, when Imperial General Headquarters ignored Roosevelt’s plan of the removal of troops from China and French Indochina, the US President announced an oil embargo on Japan. For Japan, that was perfect pretext for a war. After that, on December 7th, 1941 they attacked Pearl Harbor.
http://learningenglish.voanews.com/content/america-history-relations-between-us-japan-worsen--122622634/116119.html