World War 1 Armistice Effects

In November of 1918, World War One finally ended with the signing of an armistice by Germany, Britain, and France. This ended the long and grueling war. The effects of WW1, the armistice, and the following Treaty of Versailles in 1919 were powerful and set the stage for the tumultuous years to come. While there were many lasting and relevant effects of World War One, the Russian Revolution, the idea that Germany was a “losing power”, and the development of new nationalist and racialist groups were by far the most relevant, as all three directly and indirectly affected the climate of World War Two and the Cold War, the next two influential conflicts to come.
Czar Nicholas II led the people of Russia in to battle at the very start of World War One, hoping that showing his strength as a military leader might win over his people. This plan backfired, however, and the Czar was resented by the Russians for the heavy casualties and food shortages caused by the war, and his lack of involvement in Russian issues at home. The czar abdicated, and a weak provisional government took over; this opened the door for one Vladimir Lenin, the leader of the Marxist party called the Bolsheviks—Lenin took power in 1917, and removed Russia from World War One. …show more content…
Germany was forced to pay massive war reparations, disarm, remove its colonies, and accede the point that they allowed the war to happen. They also lost Alsace-Lorraine, a highly contested area at the beginning of World War One. These intense terms laid out by embittered and calculating Allied Powers planted seeds of hatred and anger in Germany that allowed for Hitler and his nationalist party to take control later