1. Treaty of Versailles-
What is it-the treaty to end WWII, Great B, U.S., France, Italy (big 4), the treaty punished Germany
Major points of Treaty of Versailles and others-
- New coutnries:
- Finland, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia
Things the Treaty of Versailles did to Germany-
Land lost-
- Alsace-Lorraine (given to France)
- Eupen and Malmedy (to Belgium)
- Northern Schlesgwig (given to Denmark)
- Hultschin (to Czechoslovakia)
- West Prussia, Posen and Upper Silesia ( to Poland)
- Germany had to give land to Russia
Military consequence-
- Army had to be 100,000 men or less, no tanks allowed, no airforce, limited naval size, area around Rhineland river was a demilitarized for Germnany, France and G.B. were there to enforce this.
Financial-
- had to pay 33 Billion to Allies.
- forbidden to unite with with Austria to form one Superstate
- land they lost was rich in indusrty and resources, not good for economy.
random-
- Germany takes full responsibility for WW1
- League of nations set up.
- U.S. does not join league of Nations because we don't want it to become our government and decide when we can go to war.
- We did not sign the Treaty of Versailles. We signed a separate document with Germany
What did the U.S. do with it?-
2. Peace attempts of the 1920's/30's
3. Germany's(Hitler's) defiance of the Treaty of Versailles and conquests prior to the invasion of Poland, 1933-1939
4. Italy's(Mussolini's) conquests of the 1930's
5. Japanese conquests prior to Pearl Harbor
6. US attempts of neutrality in the 1930's and early 1940's
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