monday -thursday: presentations
weapons
rifles, machine guns, pineapple grenade, pistol\
planes
used for spying, sending mail, dogfights, bombing
tanks
didn’t have a big part in the war, slow artillery
gases
terrorizes people, drops moral
medical advances
marie curie invented the portable Xray machine
blood packs were given to the soldiers for their loss of blood, they didn’t know about blood types, so many people died from getting the wrong blood
armistice
armistice means a cessation of hostilities as a prelude to peace negotiation (both sides agree to stop fighting)
in context of the first world war the armistice is generallty reffered to in context of the agreement between the german and the allies to end the war november 11, 1918
signed at 5 am , came into effect at 11 AM
conditions for germany
immediate clearing of belgium, france, alsave larraine, concluded within 14 days, any troops still there will be taken prisoner
surrender 5,000 cannons 30000 machine guns 3000 trench mortars, and 2000 places...
evacuation
on right bank of rhine a neutral zone from 30 to 40 km deep evac. within 11 days
nothing will be removed from the territory on left bank
surrender 5000 locomotives 150000 railway coaches, and 10000 trucks
wilson’s 14 points moral cause of the postwar peace in europe became the basis for a peace program “safer democracy”
no secret agreements- all countries should know who is allies with who
free navigation in all seas-
an end to economics barriers between countries- reduce tariffs
reducing of the numbers of weapons- all countries
decisions regarding the colonies should be impartial-
the german army should leave prussia
belgium should be independent again
france should recover alsace lorraine
all italians are allowed to live in italy
turkish people should be governed by a turkish government
independence should be allowed to the balkans
self determination should be allowed to austria hungary
poland should be independent and have access to the sea
a league of nations should be created
germany thought the armistice was based on the 14 points
many allies were skeptical about wilson’s ideas
britain refused to sign some points
allies wanted germany to pay for the reparations
germans believed it was fair terms of peace
Wilson was an idealist, felt that he can save everyone, in reality not possible, looking for the best in everything
Americans were all for it
other countries wanted revenge and money
maximilian of baden(german) asked wilson for an armistice in october 1918
wilson became sick at the beginning of the paris peace conference
the french prime minister changed many of wilson’s point
wilson’s 14 points influenced the treaty of versailles and......
Cost of allied powers
paid around $125,690,477,000 to fund the war effort
suffered over 22 million in casualties
5.1 million killed
12.8 million wounded
4.1 million MIA
US spent about 22 billion dollars
Total cost of WWI 186,333,637,000
21.2 million wounded
8.5 million killed
7.8 million MIA’
115,000 total United states dead
new countries after WW1
finland
estonia
latvia
lithuania
poland
czechoslovakia
yugoslavia
Bullshti revolution
peoples: vladimir lenin, established bolshevik party, lead rebellion to establish communism in Russia tsar nicholasII, alexander kerensky
who are the bolshiviks? radical socialist group, led by vladimir lenin, take over russia, got aids from germany
october revolution
armed rebellion, ovtober 24, august 31 bullshiviks get majority in the petrograd societ, october 24, bolshevik troops take over government buildings, telegraph and telephone offices, banks, railroads, post offices major bridges, october 25 bolshevik troops fight to take winter palace, kerensky flees russia, october 26 government is taken over
treaty of tits-litovsk, signed on march 3rd 1918, it ended russia participation in the wartussia lost a lot of land, independence to ukraine, georgia, and finland, lost poland lithuania, estonia, coal mines, iron stores, industry
Took the test on Thurday
Friday started the 1920's project
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