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End of WWI & The Peace Settlements. Armistice 11/11/1918 @ 11 a.m. Paris Peace Conference January 1919. I. Important Dates. II. What factors contributed to the end of WWI?. war weariness strikes in Germany Russian Revolution US entry 2 nd Battle of the Marne.
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Armistice 11/11/1918 @ 11 a.m. Paris Peace Conference January 1919 I. Important Dates
II. What factors contributed to the end of WWI? • war weariness • strikes in Germany • Russian Revolution • US entry • 2nd Battle of the Marne
III. What happened in the German Revolution of 1918? • Events • July 1917: moderates pass “peace resolution” • July 1918: 2nd Battle of the Marne • Oct: kaiser forms new gov’t. to sue for peace • Nov: working class / army revolts German Empire Kaiser Wilhelm II • ***overthrow kaiser*** • ***establish Weimar Republic*** • (Nov. 9) Weimar Republic Friedrich Ebert
III. What happened in the German Revolution of 1918? • Who gained power • liberals & socialists [Social Democrats] • communists unsuccessful Friedrich Ebert Karl Liebknecht Rosa Luxemburg
Weimar Republic signs armistice & Versailles Treaty = blamed for accepting defeat III. How will the German Revolution of 1918 open the door for Hitler?
27 nations (no Germany or Russia) Big Three Lloyd George (GB) Clemenceau (Fr) Wilson (US) IV. Paris Peace Conference Lloyd George, Orlando (Italy), Clemenceau, Wilson
IV. Paris Peace Conference • Agendas of the Big Three • Wilson: just peace • 14 Points: self-determination & League of Nations • Lloyd George: moderate peace • voter pressure for harsh peace • Clemenceau: harsh peace • Franco-Prussian War (1871) – harsh peace
IV. Paris Peace Conference • 5 treaties • Versailles (Germany) • St. Germain (Austria) • Trianon (Hungary) • Sèvres, 1920 / Lausanne, 1923 (Turkey) • Neuilly (Bulgaria) • 2 main issues • territorial changes based on self-determination • reparations
V. Treaty of Versailles (28 June 1919) • Terms • military • land • war guilt • reparations ($33b) • US did not ratify • Henry Cabot Lodge • League of Nations
VI. Postwar Territorial Changes Germany
Which countries in Europe were born out of WWI? • Poland, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia • Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Bessarabia (Moldova)
Which countries in the ME were born out of WWI? • Lebanon, Syria (France) • Palestine, Transjordan, Iraq (GB) • Turkey (ind.)
League of Nations Mandates (Middle East & Africa) French Mandate of Syria French Mandate of Lebanon British Mandate of Palestine British Mandate of Transjordan British Mandate of Iraq British Togoland French Togoland British Cameroon French Cameroon Ruanda-Urundi Tanganyika South-West Africa