Day 8 Power Point

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Day 8 Power Point

• Treaty of Versailles

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Brokering Peace

• Wilsons 14 Points
• Opposition from US
• Renewed isolationism Henry Cabot Lodge
• Opposition from Allies
• Punish Germany
• Gain new territories
• League of Nations

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Brokering Peace

• The Big Four
• Lloyd George (Britain)
• Orlando (Italy)
• Clemenceau (France)
• Wilson (US)
• Negotiations in Paris 1919
• Passions run high
• Compared to the treaties which Germany had
  imposed on defeated Russia and Romania in 1918,
  the Treaty of Versailles was moderate

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Brokering Peace

• Treaty of Versailles (1919)
• Exactly five years after assassination in
  Sarajevo
• Effects to Germany
• War reparations
• Accept blame
• Limit size of military
• Return conquered lands to France and Russia
• Anschluss forbidden
• Establishes League of Nations
• Intended to facilitate international cooperation
• US Germany not member

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Germany After Versailles
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Uneasy Peace

• Treaty of Versailles (1919)
• Wilson "...predict with absolute certainty that
  within another generation there will be another
  world war if the nations of the world do not
  concert the method by which to prevent it.
• Dolchstosslegende stab-in-the-back legend
• Germanys defeat due to domestic problems
• Prominent part of Nazi platform used to recruit
  disgruntled WWI veterans

German cartoon, Versailles takes Germany to the
guillotine
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Costs of War

• Human Costs
• Nearly 9 million soldiers killed 13 million
  civilians
• Millions more wounded or taken prisoner
• Deadly outbreak of influenza 1918
• Economic Costs
• Mass destruction
• Inflation
• US and Japan come out on top
• Political Changes
• Communist revolution in Russia
• Collapse of monarchies
• Russia, Austria, Germany and Ottoman Empire
• Unrest in Colonies
• Made sacrifices and wanted their own freedoms

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Quick Quiz

• Why was WW I a total war? Give one example.
• Why was WW I a modern war? Give one example.
• Why was WW I a world war? Give one example.