The regular to-do list. WW1 still today.
ive been using #16 most of this week, since #21 is currently MIA.
general recap of info, as usual. casualties. the peace process stuff we have to know for the test we may or may not be having over WW1 before the semester test.
Paris Peace Process - the meeting of the allied victors following the end of WW1 to set the peace terms for germany and otrher defeated nations and to deal with the empire of the defeated power following the armistice of 1918---it took place in paris in 1919 and involved diplomats from more thatn 29 countries --- they came up with a series of treaties (peace of paris treaties) that reshaped the map of Europe and the world and imposed guilt and stiff financial penalties on germany.
Treaty of Versailles:
Wilson's 14 Points: a speech delivered by pres wilson to congress on january 8th, 1918. The address was intended to assure the country that the Great War was being fought fir a moreal cuase and for postwar peace in
Europe. Other Allied countries did not like the 14 points as they thought it was too easy on Germany. The speech becane the basis for the terms of the German surrender as negotiated at the paris peace conference in 1919. The actual Treay of Versailles had little to do with the 14 points and so was never ratified by the us senate.the points were::: *'s are most important points to remember.
- an end to secret alliances *
- freedom of the seas *
- free trade for all countries *
- disarmament *
- end to colonial claims *
- self-determination for all countries
- restoration of Belgium
- Restoration of France
- Readjustment of Italy's boundaries
- Austria-Hungary would be given opportunity for autonomous development
- Romania, Serbia, and Montenegro should be evacuated and restored
- Turkey should be sovereign
- Poland would be given thir independencce
- the Leage of Nations would be deveoped *
was rejected by a lot of countries, because it was too easy on germany, and the other losing countries. France especially wanted germany to cease to exist, for obvious reasons. Brittain was on the fence between us and france, since although they had high casualties and high costs, no battle were fought on their soil, and they werent right next to germany. so Brittain was like the mediator. Vittorio Orlando -Italy. Left the conference a couple times in protest, because he felt slighted by the Big Three.
Russia lost Estonia, Lithuania, Finland, Latvia, part of Poland, parts of Romania. So they were upset. tied into WW2 because hitler and stalin wanted to regain the land their countries lost in WW1.
Poland became a coiuntry- it wasnt one before, Austria-Hungary broke up into several countries.
Treaty of Versailles: Territorial. Land taken from Germany:::
- Alsace-Lorraine (france)
- Eupen and Malmedy
- Borthern Schleswig
- Hultschin
- West Prussia, Prosen, and Upper Silesia (poland)
- czeckslovakia
- etc. the slides moved on.
Military- germany's army was reduced to 100,000 men; the army was not allowed tanks. germany was not allowed an airforce. Germany was llowed only 6 capital neval ships and no submarines. the west of Rhineland and 50 kms east of the River Rhine was made into a demilitarized zone (DMZ) no german soldier or weapon was allowed into this zone. the allies were to keep an army of occupation on the west bank of the Rhine.
Financial- the loss of vital industrial territory would be a sever blow to germany's economy. coal from the saar and upper silesia in particualr was a vital economis loss. combined with the financial penalties liked to reparations ($33 billion), it seemed clear to germany that the allies wanted nothing else but to bankrupt them. germany was also forbidden to unite with austria to form one superstate. (autria wanted to combine with germany, of their own volition).
fish for lunch today, they say.
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