Versailles‚ FranceEffective10 January 1920ConditionRatification by Germany and three Principal Allied Powers.SignatoriesCentral Powers German ReichAllied Powers France British Empire Italy Japan United StatesOthers Belgium Bolivia Brazil China Cuba Czechoslovakia Ecuador Greece Guatemala Haiti Hejaz Honduras Liberia Nicaragua Panama Peru Poland Portugal Romania Siam Uruguay YugoslaviaAs part of the British Empire: Australia Canada South Africa India New ZealandDepositaryFrench GovernmentLanguagesFrench
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aftermath of the first World War‚ Germany was ultra-inflated due to the obligation of paying the huge reparations. Also‚ they had to pay for the setting up of an administration for the now separated Austro-Hungarian empire which was now Austria‚ Czechoslovakia‚ and Hungary. To do this they made the poor decision of printing false mint to pay Europe off‚ thus rendering their money completely worthless. Not knowing this Britain‚ France‚ Spain‚ and the Balkan countries paid for the repairs with worthless
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Germany couldn’t join because it was a punishment for starting the World War I. Soviet Union couldn’t join due to communism. Munich Agreement also contributed in the sense that it just prolonged the inevitable. Hitler was bound to invade Czechoslovakia and Poland (and other neighboring countries) it was just a matter of when. Finally‚ when the Japanese bombed the U.S Naval Fleet in Pearl Harbor‚ Hawaii‚ America had become an active participant in WW2. The only reason they retaliated was because
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000 adult males (above 15 years of age)‚ 143‚000 adult females‚ and 84‚000 children. c) How did the world community respond? Countries who fought for North Vietnam ● Soviet Union (Russia) ● China ● Viet cong ● Khmer Rouge ● Pathet Lao ● Cuba ● North Korea ● Czechoslovakia ● Bulgaria Forces that fought with South Vietnam ● Philippines ● United States of America ● South Korea ● Australia ● Thailand ● New Zealand ● Khmer Republic ● Kingdom of Laos ● Taiwan ● Spain Notable things that took place
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League of Nations lacked armed forces‚ Haile Selassie’s plea to the League had little effect. The League’s weakness was further displayed after Hitler repeatedly violated the Treaty of Versailles and went on to send German troops to take over Czechoslovakia in
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high war-reparations and the complete war guilt the German society could not develop to a healthy democracy and this is the base for the probable most brutal war the world has ever seen. Even though new states like Estonia‚ Latvia‚ Lithuania‚ Czechoslovakia‚ Austria and Hungary‚ which were based on the principle of self-determination‚ emerged‚ I do not think that democracy at all increased. The United States of America who considers herself as the founder of democracy had lost civil liberty and consequently
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The year 1919 was the end of the First World War and the conclusion of the Paris Peace settlement. This led to the changes in different countries and in different aspects such as the great loss of lives and property after the First World War. In some countries‚ one-party dictatorship was established and all parties other than the ruling party were banned. In the defeated nations‚ there were territorial losses and huge war debts after the First World War. These changed the political order in different
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War II from a perspective that is thought-provoking and frightening. This documentary was filmed ten years after the harrowing genocide of the Second World War. During the time of the war‚ concentration camps were built around Germany‚ Poland‚ Czechoslovakia‚ Austria‚ Switzerland‚ and Belgium to systematically contain and kill many different races‚ nationalities‚ sexualities‚ and enemies of Adolf Hitler’s Reich. Produced ten years after the liberation of these concentration camps in 1955‚ Night and
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On March 15‚ 1939‚ Nazi Germany invaded Czechoslovakia breaking the German-Soviet nonaggression pact and as a result‚ Stalin sought revenge. With this in mind‚ Stalin was determined to restore communization and possibly replace Germany and Japan as the dominant power in Europe and East Asia. After
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remained the same. As net profits on goods decreased‚ unemployment increased and food prices remained high. People were angry with what was happening. Their unrest sparked a chain of events through various parts of Europe such as Germany‚ Austria‚ Czechoslovakia‚ Italy and Hungary. When industrialization came into being at the turn of the century‚ it transformed Europe economically and socially. The nations were either repressive or slow to enact reform which frustrated the citizens. The citizens were
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