Treaty of Lausanne

He made this proposal in the "Fourteen Points" speech, hoping all nations would use the coming peace treaty to prevent future wars and improve the world. Secret alliances and treaties had led to nations taking sides in the war. The fourteen points argued that leader should handle disputes openly by banning secret international agreements and communicating openly. Other points proposed that…

determined to restore peace in the world. In contrast, “America and The Great War” deemed Wilson to be an inefficient president by explaining his attempt to settle everything peacefully and his inability to get the Senate to support the Versailles Treaty. Overall, “War Message” is a much more intimate document showing exactly how Wilson was feeling during this tragic time while “America and The Great War” only provides an overview of the war and criticizes Wilson’s executive…

policy maker (acting as a catalyst towards integration process, single market, harmonization etc) Notion: ECJ – seated in Luxembourg 1. The Court of Justice (ECJ): Created in 1952 as a court of ECSC (under Treaty of Paris), in 1958 renamed: Court of Justice of the European Communities (under Treaty of Rome). The highest court in the EU legal system. Judges (28), president, advocates general (9), registrar, chambers 2. The General Court: Created in 1988, formerly the court of First Instance 3.…

The reasons for World War 1 Millions of lives lost because of one man’s actions and another’s life. In 1914 a young man, part of the Black Hand a radical group who didn’t want Austria Hungary too take over, named Gavrilo Pincip killed the Archduke Franz Ferdinand. The reason he did this was because Austria Hungary was trying to take over Bosnia. This sparked the already heated nation of Europe. World war one is often referred to as a keg filled with gun powder just one small spark could set it…

leaders. While there were various failures of the German democracy, there are also various successes that can be attributed to the period. The failure of the Weimar Republic can be greatly attributed to the signing of the treaty of Versailles in 1919. By signing the treaty, Germany was forced to pay reparations to the Allies for the war, which…

Geneva conventions were a series of international treaties that ended, between 1864 and 1949 in Geneva, to make the results of war for soldiers and civilians better. German and Japanese Prisoner of War Camps are covered by the Geneva Conventions. The Geneva Convention was a treaty that only concerned wounded soldiers but eventually included others stuck in war who weren’t physically fighting in the war. The German and Japanese War Camps have a lot of similarities and differences. The Third…

the Big three consequently met in Paris in 1919 to draw up a treaty regarding the treatment of Germany. They were ready to punish the defeated nation. In France, millions were dead and even more were injured; the economy had collapsed and civilians were starving to death. In the end, the Paris Peace Conference and other treaties that followed left many doubts and approvals at the same time as to whether they were fair. Some viewed the Treaty of Versailles as too harsh since Germany was already…

WWII The Treaty of Versailles did not promote WWII, but what did was the goals that the German Dictator Hitler had to have German people spread and eventually take over most if not all the world, the failure of peace efforts after WWI happened, and the rise of fascism. Hitler had two main goals and one large goal that he wanted to accomplish. He did not expect to finish and accomplish these goals during the war but had the idea to start them. His larger goal was to make German people such a big…

D. Analysis In 1907, Schlieffen had hoped the left-wing could be used in a counterattack, to bring about a true double envelopment of the French forces. To do this, however, would require pulling divisions from the right-wing to reinforce the weaker left-wing, which would make any sort of envelopment impossible. Therefore, he resisted the urge to change the ratio, and after retirement, Schlieffen reminded his successors to avoid this temptation. However, von Moltke was uncomfortable with the…

Alliances, the Underlying Cause of WWI Millions of combatants and civilians died during the first World War, creating the desolate lost generation. European countries started WWI purely off of alliances, starting with the killing of the Archduke of Austria-Hungary. The triple alliance, Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy fought against the triple entente. The entente was comprised from the countries of, Russia, Britain, and France. Alliances are a type of formal agreement involved in…