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Introduction
After the disasters of the Great World, countries across Europe tried to re-cooperate from the War, focusing on their own well-being opposed to World Peace.
Themes
1- Destruction
2- Economic
3- Treaty of Versailles
4- Ideology
5- League of Nations
Destruction- Death
Deaths 8-10 million (more than any other)
i. Broken Families
Destruction- Gender
Lack of men
i. Women started having more rights, movement towards gender equality (pants, ect.)
Destruction- Nature
Lost Land to Trenches
i. French upset, destruction of nature, wild life ect. (not on other battlefields)
Destruction- Closing Sentence
The world never saw such destruction as it did in WWI, causing Europe as a whole to greive in a period of loss, disappointment for all parties, and social unrest.
Economic- Inflation
1923- Ger. Hyper-inflation
Economic- World Conferences
Genoa Conference 1922: World economic conference, FAILED – US didn’t come, France didn’t let R & Ger come
Economic- Plans
1924 Dawes plan & 1929 Young Plan
i. US had money, other countries needed, reparations took a heavy toll on all
Economic- Closing Sentence
Economic strife and hardship caused countries and citizens to be have more protectionist policies and ignore other countries until they were back on their feet with money in their pockets.
Treaty of Versailles- 14 Points
Wilson’s 14 Points, for peace, included League of Nation
i. Lost US’s support for LofN, wasn’t followed as Britain & France had different aims
Treaty of Versailles- War Guilt
War Guilt Clause
i. Germany was very upset, would cause the next war, unfair clause
Treaty of Versailles- German Government
New German Government- Weimar republic not invited to come
i. Further unrest, blamed for loosing the war
Treaty of Versailles- Historiography
“This is not a peace treaty. It is an armistice for 20 years” Field Marshall Foch 1919 (organized signing)
Ideology- Communism
1917 Bolshevik October Revolution  Lenin
Ideology- Fascism
Fascism emerged- disruption & failure of government
Ideology- Mussolini
1922 Mussolini Fascism
i. Fascism emerged when Italy became a state
Ideology- Closing Sentence
Extremist Ideology which emerged from social unrest after WWI would be the predominate issue in the 20th century
League of Nations- Failed Conflict
Invasion of the Ruhr, 1923
i. Acted against its own rule, rules didn’t apply to great powers
League of Nations- Successful Conflict
Upper Silesia 1922
i. League investigated civil dispute & split the land- success
League of Nations- Failed Conflict (Mussolini)
1935 Italy invasion of Abyssinia
i. Ineffective economic sanctions, No military force (no vested interest in this poor, random country)
League of Nations- Closing Sentence
Countries neglect of the league of nations and its rules in favor of isolationist policies allowed countries to act without consequence
Clever Twist
“We go to war for peace but we often settle for further war” Churchill