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Presentations
Armistice
- armistice means a cessation of hostilities as a prelude to peace negotiation
- The most significant armistice was signed at 5 a.m. on the morning of November 11, 1918, and came into effect six hours later at 11 a.m.
- Effective six hours after signing
- Belgium, France, to be concluded within 14 days. anyone within these areas are to be taken as prisoners of war.
Wilson's Fourteen Points
- no secret agreements
- free navigation in all seas
- an end to economics barriers between countries
- reducing of the numbers of weapons
- decisions regarding the colonies should be impartial
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Presentations
Wilson's Fourteen Points Continued...
- The German army should leave Russia
- 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
Cost of the War
186 billion dollars
21.2 million wounded
8.5 million killed
7.8 million MIA
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Bolsheviks Revolution
Bolsheviks
- A radical socialist group
- communists
- wanted to take over Russia
October revolution
- Armed Rebellion
- started October 24
- October 25 Bolsheviks fight to take over the Winter Palace
- Leader flees Russia
- October 26 government is taken over
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
- Singed on march 3rd 1918
- ended Russia's participation in the war
- Russia lost a lot of land
- Independence to Ukraine
- Lost : Poland, Lithuania, and Estonia
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