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Aftermath of WWI

Aftermath of WWI. The War’s End. Germany didn’t lose any big battle – only ran out of food and supplies WWI was very anticlimactic Cost countless lives and money. Establishing Peace. The Big Four . US Britain France Italy . They began discussing ways to bring peace.

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Aftermath of WWI

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  1. Aftermath of WWI

  2. The War’s End • Germany didn’t lose any big battle – only ran out of food and supplies • WWI was very anticlimactic • Cost countless lives and money

  3. Establishing Peace

  4. The Big Four • US • Britain • France • Italy • They began discussing ways to bring peace Left to right: Vittorio Orlando of Italy, David Lloyd George of Great Britain, Georges Clemenceau of France and President Woodrow Wilson of the United States.

  5. Wilson’s Fourteen Points • Wilson Proposes his 14 points • Wilson wanted to bring about peace in the most fair way possible • Includes the following • No secret alliances • Freedom of thseas • Self determination for colonized people • Free trade • Arms reductions • A league of Nations to prevent war

  6. League of Nations(The purpose of the League was to prevent war) • Secretariat • Administrative & secretarial • Council • Executive body with 5 permanent members • France • Great Britain • Italy • US • Germany & the Soviet Union would be excluded • Assembly • All member nations have a vote

  7. Opposition to the League • There was no clearly defined way for the league to take action to prevent war • There was no guarantee of what the new political boundaries would be • The League was totally unable to reduce arms • Senators like Henry Cabot Lodge thought that by joining the League the United States would become TOO entangled with European affairs and the US would loose its independence.

  8. Other Ideas Other Allied Nations had different ideas about peace. They blamed Germany for war and wanted to make them pay

  9. Treaty of Versailles • Placed blame squarely on Germany • “War Guilt Clause” saying Germany was solely responsible for ENTIRE WAR! • Barred Germany from maintaining an army • Saying militarism had been a major cause of the war • Forced Germany to give portion of territory to France and pay $33 million dollars in reparations • Created 9 new nations, carved up the Ottoman Empire creating mandates in the Middle East • Areas of territory controlled by someone else but eventually to be free once ready

  10. United States Refuses to Sign! • The United States refused to sign the treaty • It us Unjust & Harsh • The united States saw the Treaty as a sell out to Imperialism

  11. In the End • The US didn’t ratify the treaty • Wilson had a stroke and couldn't get the support he wanted – He refused to compromise with the Senate • Eventually, U.S. signed a separate treaty with Germany • The US never joined the League of Nations: that was one of the MAJOR contributing factors in it’s ineffectiveness

  12. Final Results • Germany humiliated and broke • Could never repay money to allies • Russia stripped of it’s territory • Because it had ended war first • US determined to stay out of foreign affairs • Europe left in Shambles

  13. Map of Europe Re-drawn • Austria • Hungary • Latvia • Estonia • Lithuania • Poland • Czechoslovakia • Yugoslavia • Finland

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