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    American response to the treaty of Versailles. In November 11 of 1918 the German forces agreed to sign an armistice to put an end to the war.After the German surrender the Allies call upon a meeting to decide the punishment of Germany after all the damage it has done. America´s goal was to make sure this will not happen again so the president Woodrow Wilson stated 14 points to keep the world in order. Versailles Conference The Versailles conference was called to decide the fate of Germany after…

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    Imperialism Causes

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    INTRODUCTION World War 1 occurred during 1914-1918 and was originally called The Great War before the Second World War in 1939. It had a devastating impact on all of the countries that were involved as the mortality rate was huge. There were several reasons The Great War started which included some long term causes such as Imperialism & Nationalism as well as a few short term triggers that included the assassination of Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie which in turn became known as the…

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    When the peace treaty is signed, the war isn't over for the veterans, or the family, It's just starting (Karl Marlantes).To this day many people are debating whether the treaty of Versailles cause WWII. During the first world war there was more than 38 million casualties, all starting from the assassination of archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria which ended up creating a domino effect of many countries fighting for four years.But once the war was over the Allies decided that peace was needed so…

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    Treaty of Versailles to be written, it was a peace treaty that was presented to the leaders of Germany to sign on May 7, 1919. This treaty forced Germany to surrender territories to Belgium, Poland, and Czechoslovakia. Germany also returned Lorraine and Alsace, which were annexed in 1971 following the Franco-Prussian War, to France. One of the most important, yet humiliating part of the treaty that Germany has to embark was Article 231, which was known as the “War Guilt Clause.” This clause…

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    How Did Serbia Cause Ww1

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    declares war on Russia. Also the French and British troops invade the German colony of Togo on Africa. The German governor then surrenders. From August 7th to the 24th is the fire major event in the French and German war. The French army invades Alsace and Lorraine (Germany) but they are met by Germans. 27,000 French soldiers die on the one…

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    Great War had ended the ‘big three’; British Prime Minister David George, French Premier George Clemenceau and US President Woodrow Wilson presented the treaty to Germany on May 7th. The treaty ripped the country of 13 percent of its territory (Alsace and Lorraine were returned to France) and ten percent of its population. Germany lost all its colonies, 75 percent of its iron ore deposits and 26 percent of its coal and potash. The country was also forced to have its army…

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    with Rhodes ideas that Britain is a great nation he would instead root for the German nation. Bismarck, whom was a chancellor in Germany and he attempted to show off German nationalism by gathering nations were fellow Germans lived such as Alsace and Lorraine which was originally under French control. Bismarck thought that if those from other nations/ culture did not want to follow German rules then they should leave their nation and all protection that was given to them under the German nation…

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    June 28th, 1914, is the day that will be remembered as the worst day in history. It was the day that sparked the beginning of World War 1, which was said to be “The War to end all Wars”, however soon proved to be the cause to so much more tragedies in the future. Ending on November 18th, 1918, it caused the death of 17 million people, and so many other tragedies. Back in 1914, on the day of June 28, the archduke of Austria-Hungary, Franz Ferdinand, was assassinated by a member of a Serbian…

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    Can one believe that a treaty ment for peace would be the cause for another war? From August 1914 to November 1918 there was a war between the major powers of Europe. The war left 10 million soldiers and civilians dead and 10 million more wounded. After the war there was a meeting held at the Versailles Palace. The purpose was to create a treaty for future peace, but peace did not come. The Treaty of Versailles helped cause World War II in Many ways. There was much territory loss, military…

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    World War II was the first global war the world had ever witnessed. This war killed more people, involved the most nations and cost countries millions of dollars. The war started in 1939 when Germany invaded Poland. The Second World War was fought between the Axis Powers and the Allied Powers. The United States remained neutral during majority of the war, until they were forced into war by Japan bombing Pearl Harbor. After the war many countries experiences economic hardship and there was an…

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