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WWI Ends . The End of Fighting . U.S. enters the war as Russia is leaving Germany refocuses on the Western Front Second Battle of Marne Armistice reached November 11, 1918. A Difficult Peace. Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points Reduction of weapons
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The End of Fighting • U.S. enters the war as Russia is leaving • Germany refocuses on the Western Front • Second Battle of Marne • Armistice reached November 11, 1918
A Difficult Peace • Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points • Reduction of weapons • Right of all people to choose their own government • Established of a world peace organization through talking not fighting • Treaty of Versailles • Germany forced to take full blame for the war • Pay reparations • Limit the size of their military • Return conquered lands to France and Russia • Poland was created • Established the League of Nations
Europe's Lines shift • Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire were broken up creating independent countries: • Austria • Hungary • Yugoslavia • Czechoslovakia • Turkey
Impact of WWI on Europe • Millions of people killed or wounded • http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/resources/casdeath_pop.html • Much of Europe destroyed • Widespread political unrest and economic problems • New countries formed • League of Nations created