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Aftermath of WWI

And the Validity of theTreaty of Versailles

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Nation What it wanted What it got

Great Britain Keep #1 statusPrevent Germanyfrom being a worldpower

Victory

Heavy losses

France

Revenge from 1870

Prevent Germanyfrom being a worldpower

Victory

Suffered the most

Fear of another war

Russia

Reunite Russia

Prevent Germanyfrom being a world

power

Heavy losses

Russian Revolution

End of Empire;

beginning of SovietUnion

U.S.A NothingKeep Britain fromfalling apart

Nothing

Learned not to getinvolved without

rewards

Allied Powers

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Nation What it wanted What it got

Germany Wanted to be worldpowerKnock out British(build navy)

Get blamed, forced topay $

Angered

Austria-

Hungary

Unite themselves Bad loss

Broke up into newcountries

OttomanEmpire

Unite themselves Bad loss

Cut up into othercountries

Italy DominateMediterranean

Unite the new country

Switched sides in1915

Didnt lose much

Central Powers

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Allies (some entered the war ordropped out later)Central Powers

Neutral Countries

A world at war

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Images of France After the War

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1. What level of destruction do theseimages indicate?

2. What emotions are evoked, howmust the French have felt?

3. How long do you think it would take

to rebuild?4. How much money do you think it

would cost?

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Based on this information

How might Frances post warsettlement goals differ from the

United States? What might France Fear?

Would Frances desires in relation to

Germany be justified? Why might the U.S. been able to take

a more idealistic perspective?

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Germanys response to theTreaty of Versailles

What objections does Germany Raiseto the treaty?

Are these objections valid?

Should the allies have modified thetreaty in any way to address thesepoints?

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Hitlers speech before WWIIFYI: the German Kaiser abdicated at the close

of World War I, to be succeeded by a

democratic republic known as the WeimarRepublic. It was representatives of theWeimar Republic who signed the VersaillesTreaty

1. Why is Hitler so bitter concerning the WeimarRepublic?

2. What does he blame the Weimar for?3. What imagery does he use?

4. What actions is he alluding to at the end?5. How might this speech appeal to the listener?6. Consider how the treaty may have contributed to the

rise of Nazism, and by extension, World War II. WouldHitler have been able to give such a powerful speech

or to find a receptive audience if the treaty had beendifferent?

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Wrap-up

In your opinion did the Treaty ofVersailles lead to WWII?

Were the allied powers justified intheir harsh punishment of Germanyin the Treaty of Versailles?

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Treaty of Versailles PoliticalCartoons.

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