Test (Answers at the bottom) What treaty did Italy sign with the Allies in 1915? What intercepted document led to the USA entering the war in 1917? Approximately how long did Romania fight for before making peace? In what letters had GB promised independence to the Arabs? In what treaty did GB & France…
The League of Nations (LON) was set up in 1919 as a result of the Treaty of Versailles Throughout the 1920s, it tried to uphold its aims but its powers were greatly limited. The league of nations was primarily formed as a global peace maker which was meant to prevent the start of another world war.…
During the 1920s, there were many disputes that the League of Nations tried to settle however most of these couldn’t be helped and the League was left powerless. Despite this, they still succeeded in some cases. Many times, during this decade the League tried to help and actually somewhat succeeded in their efforts. An example…
Overall, the 14 points outlines by Wilson were ignored at the Paris Peace Conference as a whole, with only 4 of the suggestions being implemented to some degree in the Treaty of Versailles, to the disappointment of President Woodrow Wilson Open Diplomacy I. “Open covenants of peace, openly arrived at, after which there shall be…
The secretariat of the League was divided into three main departments dealing with: Economic, financial and transit questions Social and humanitarian problems (health, drug traffic, child welfare, social work, refugees, intellectual collaboration); Legal and administrative questions (registration of international treaties, protection of minorities, mandates, slavery). The League had four ways to enforce the provisions of…
Thus far, World War II has been the deadliest and bloodiest war. More than 38 million people died by the end of the war, many of them innocent civilians. It was also the most destructive war in our current history. The fighting raged on in many parts of the world, with the brunt of it…
The Great War Comes to an End, 1918 Germany surrendered at 11 am on November 11th 1918. The country had run out of food, ammunition and public support for the war. The Kaiser, faced with revolution, abdicated and fled to Holland, which had been neutral during the Great War. With his departure, Germany became a…