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A Bloody Conflict

A Bloody Conflict. Chapter 9 Section 3. Combat – Trench Warfare . Technology increases  heavier firepower; increased need for protection Massive artillery barrage, soldiers would run towards enemy trenches Caused enormous amounts of casualties, but gave no side a real advantage.

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A Bloody Conflict

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  1. A Bloody Conflict Chapter 9 Section 3

  2. Combat – Trench Warfare • Technology increases  heavier firepower; increased need for protection • Massive artillery barrage, soldiers would run towards enemy trenches • Caused enormous amounts of casualties, but gave no side a real advantage

  3. America Joins the Fight • Never officially joined the Allies • “Associated Power” • Did not come in as reinforcements • Pershing kept American regiments together • Sending in 10,000 troops a day • Germany did not account for so many people so quickly

  4. The War Ends • Revolutions in Poland, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia ruin AHE • Armistice signed for 11am on 11 November 1918 • Fighting was over, but peace was not achieved yet

  5. Paris Peace Conference, 1919 • Treaty of Saint-Germain ended war with AHE • Treaty of Versailles negotiated settlement with Germany • Wilson arrives with Fourteen Points • 1-5 eliminate causes of war • 6-13 NATIONAL SELF-DETERMINATION • 14 League of Nations

  6. Fourteen Points • No secret treaties • Free seas • International free trade • Reduce armed forces • Settle colonial claims • Take Germans out of Russia • Restore Belgium’s independence • Restore French territory (Alsace-Lorraine) • Italy is where Italians live • Austria-Hungary divided into new nations • Balkan state borders based on nationality • Ottoman Empire gone; Turkey a country • Independent Poland • League of Nations

  7. Treaty of Versailles • Fourteen Points used as basis for negotiations • France and Britain wanted to punish Germany Result: • Armed forces greatly reduced • Cannot put troops west of the Rhine • Put blame on Germany • $33 billion in reparations • League of Nations created

  8. Senate Rejects Treaty • Wilson refused to take Republicans to Paris • Issues with the League • Entangling alliances FF warned against • Could put us in war without Congressional approval • Senate does not ratify • Separate peace treaties made with each Central Power

  9. Why it was rejected – Reservationists vs Irreconcilables • Irreconcilables • 12-18 US Senator bitterly opposed to the Treaty of Versailles • Republicans and Democrats • Democratic Blocs • Strongly supported ToV • Strongly supported ToV, but followed Wilson in opposing changes • Reservationists • Largest bloc • Supported ToV in its idea • Did not like Article X • Creation of the League of Nations • Allowed them to declare war w/o vote in Congress • Mostly Republican bloc • Trying to protect Americans from another war

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