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On 11 th hour of the 11 th day of the 11 th month of 1918, an armistice was agreed upon. THE COST OF WAR. DEAD. WOUNDED. France - 1,357,800 British Empire - 908,371 Russia - 1,700,000 Italy - 462,391 U.S.A. - 50,585 Other - 502,421. France - 4,266,000
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On 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, an armistice was agreed upon.
THE COST OF WAR DEAD WOUNDED • France - 1,357,800 • British Empire - 908,371 • Russia - 1,700,000 • Italy - 462,391 • U.S.A. - 50,585 • Other - 502,421 • France - 4,266,000 • British Empire - 2,090,212 • Russia - 4,950,000 • Italy - 953,886 • U.S.A. - 205,690 • Other - 342,585
Wilson’s 14 Points • Number One Provision: An end to entangling alliances. • Pont 5: Power for colonies to make own decisions about future. • Point 14: League of Nations
Woodrow Wilson - Fourteen Points David Lloyd George - sought revenge for England Georges Clemenceau - desired a weakened Germany“Mr. Wilson bores me with his Fourteen Points. Why, God Almighty has only ten!” Paris Peace Conference
TREATY OF VERSAILLES (1919) Pay Reparations Could not build a military Had to give up overseas colonies Size of the country reduced Germany is forced to assume full blame for the war.