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WW I “The War to End All Wars”?

WW I “The War to End All Wars”?. Nationalism - copy definition Kosovo?. Spread of Nationalism. French Revolution - contributes? Napoleon - contributes? Congress of Vienna keeps a lid on for a while until: Belgium (1831), Italy (1861) Germany (1871)

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WW I “The War to End All Wars”?

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  1. WW I “The War to End All Wars”? Nationalism - copy definition Kosovo?

  2. Spread of Nationalism • French Revolution - contributes? • Napoleon - contributes? • Congress of Vienna keeps a lid on for a while until: Belgium (1831), Italy (1861) Germany (1871) • Does not apply to E. Europe and the Balkans

  3. O.E. controls much of Balkans until it becomes the, “Sick man of Europe” and, in early 1800s what 2 multi-ethnic empires fill the void? • Slavic people 1st under OE now AH want independence • Name those Slavs - • Russia promotes Pan-Slavism - wants all Slavs to secede from AH. Why? • Yet Slavs often separated by religion.

  4. Russian support of ________and German support of ________sets the stage for WAR.

  5. Causes • Nationalism - German aggression (Schlieffen Plan) & Serbs • Imperialism - a “place in the sun” • Naval armaments race • Entangling Alliances

  6. Miscellaneous • 1870 GB = 33% and Germany 13% world output • 1914 rough equality • Balkan Wars over former OE territories • Mass political participation and new media allow for a chauvinistic patriotism. Patriotism = personal; there’s dancing in the streets when war declared • Nationalism = manipulated by nation • Total War - take out video notes

  7. Total War • All governments seize dictatorial control “All Quiet on the Western Front” • US Espionage and Sedition Act against that dubious background, Creel persuaded the president to launch the Committee on Public Information. Dubious backdrop is ____________ • Stifle dissent

  8. Propaganda

  9. The White Man’s War • Need for manpower France &GB draft from colonial empires in Asia & Africa • GB also attacks Germany in Africa

  10. Total War Cont. • Women with Yellow Hands • Rules of Engagement • Lost Generation • Hatred • Genocide • Gallipoli - Australian & NZ nationalism launched as is career of Mustafa Kemal

  11. AH & Germany overrun Serbia, Albania & Romania & eventually threaten Russia • Bolshevik Revolution - Notes 1917 same year as US entry

  12. Japan joins Allies to: • Get Germany out of Japanese & Chinese territory • Take German territory in Pacific • Threaten China with 21 Demands. This ultimatum shows Japan’s desire to dominate E Asia

  13. Paris Peace Conference 1918 • SU not allowed (cordon sanitaire) • GB blockade causes unneeded suffering among civilians • No foreign troops on German soil • Not according to Wilson’s 14 Points

  14. The Deal • 33 B reparations • Limit military • Guilt clause • Alsace & Lorraine • Demilitarize Rhineland • French control Saar Region for a time • League of Nations

  15. The League - an attempt at collective security • SU, US & Germany not included • No mechanism for enforcement • Italy, Germany, Japan & SU not happy with new boundaries • Bye to 3 Empires

  16. Self determination for all? • Yes in Europe>>Serbia & Croats and Slovenes become Yugoslavia • Poland reborn (1/3 cannot speak Polish) • Czechoslovakia - Many Germans

  17. Unwilling to apply self determination to Germany’s ex-colonies in the Pacific, Arab territories & OE • Instead of calling territories England and France take over colonies (US won’t allow) now they are called Mandates • French get Lebanon & Syria • GB gets Iraq & Palestine - where both Arabs (for role in uprising against the Turks in 1916 - TE Lawrence & Ali Hussain) and Jews (Balfour Declaration) were promised a homeland

  18. Results • Disillusions as never before • 3rd World revolutionaries look to SU • US goes from debtor to creditor nation • European economic power hurt overseas and at home • US isolationism

  19. New Nations • AH becomes Austria & Hungary (shrunk) • Turkey from OE shrunk now secular and women given rights

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