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.…
The Treaty of Versailles was a peace treaty made following the events of the First World War. The Treaty was made to determine what should become of Germany after the War, as one of the conditions of the Treaty was that Germany was to take full blame for causing the war, and all the damage…
The big 3 all had different needs and objectives from the Treaty of Versailles, most of the allies had different aims, to aid themselves, the French wanted security, whilst the USA wanted a progressive peace. But other articles from the treaty were designed to support themselves together, for example, article 231: the War Guilt Clause,…
It could be argued that the cause of the hyperinflation of Germany in 1923 was due to both the internal causes such as Germany’s government policies and the external causes such as the Treaty of Versailles, demanding Germany to pay reparations. The internal causes including Germany’s government policies quickly became quite unpleasant with the German…
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 Treaty of Versailles marked the end of the war between Germany and the Allies. Signed on July 28th 1919, the treaty essentially laid the blame of the war on Germany’s shoulders, and as such, consequences would have to be paid. The reparations outlined in the Treaty spelled out Germany’s punishment and were meant to…
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…