World War 1 Research Paper
The aftermath of World War 1 in Europe was very much in turmoil and it was because the peacemakers weren't able to see the scale of the damage of that WW1 causes. The empires of Germany, Austria-Hungary and Russia were nonexistent. Russia had undergone two revolutions, the states that were left behind were struggling economically along with the issues that the civilian population was facing such as famine, the Spanish Flue, and displacement there was a lot to repair in the aftermath. A social impact that World War 1 had was the phenomena of the a "lost generation". Great Britain and France was in this phenomena because there was 20% of men aged between 20 and 41 were lost. 41,000 lost at least of their limbs in Great Britain and
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The delegates had to obtain harsh punishments against Germany in order to keep their electorate happy to vote them back into office the next election year. This was different in the US because where the general population voted in a Republican majority that was against Wilson's foreign policy that blocked any proposals that Wilson had for the Treaty of Versailles.
The terms of the Treaty of Versailles: There were 440 clauses of the Treaty covered the following areas:
War Guilt:
• Clause 231 or known as the "war guilt clause"
• It said that Germany has accepted the responsibility of all damages and losses that occurred due to the aggression of Germany and her allies.
Disarmament:
• It was accepted that the arms race before WWI was a factor in causing the war
• The only military that Germany was allowed was for "internal security" and took away the air force, submarines, and tanks.
Territorial Changes:
• Alsace-Lorraine was returned to France
• A union between Austria and Germany was forbidden
• Germany's African colonies were given to Britain, France, Belgium and South Africa. The ones in Asia were given to Japan, New Zealand and Australia.
• All land given to Germany by Russia was returned under the principle of self-determination as proposal by Wilson. The following countries were made independent: Estonia, Latvia, and
The delegates had to obtain harsh punishments against Germany in order to keep their electorate happy to vote them back into office the next election year. This was different in the US because where the general population voted in a Republican majority that was against Wilson's foreign policy that blocked any proposals that Wilson had for the Treaty of Versailles.
The terms of the Treaty of Versailles: There were 440 clauses of the Treaty covered the following areas:
War Guilt:
• Clause 231 or known as the "war guilt clause"
• It said that Germany has accepted the responsibility of all damages and losses that occurred due to the aggression of Germany and her allies.
Disarmament:
• It was accepted that the arms race before WWI was a factor in causing the war
• The only military that Germany was allowed was for "internal security" and took away the air force, submarines, and tanks.
Territorial Changes:
• Alsace-Lorraine was returned to France
• A union between Austria and Germany was forbidden
• Germany's African colonies were given to Britain, France, Belgium and South Africa. The ones in Asia were given to Japan, New Zealand and Australia.
• All land given to Germany by Russia was returned under the principle of self-determination as proposal by Wilson. The following countries were made independent: Estonia, Latvia, and