PEACE TREATIES. a) What military restrictions did the Treaty of Versailles impose on Germany? [5] * No conscriptions * Prevented from forming a military alliance with Austria * 100‚000 men in the army and they had to be volunteers * No aircraft‚ submarines or armed vehicles * Only allowed 6 battleships * Rhineland became a DMZ b) Why did the Big Three disagree over how to treat Germany? [7] * They were three strong personalities that had different aims * All
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for Britain and France with Italy. Italy‚ seeing 3 years earlier‚ Japan invade Manchuria and not be stopped by the League of Nations and also being one of the permanent members of the league‚ was fairly confident their invasion would not be questioned. Britain and France took matters into their own hands instead of letting the league deal with it (questioning their faith in the league) and constructed the Hoare-Laval pact in December 1935‚ which was a proposal by British Foreign Secretary Samuel Hoare
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Wilson made‚ refers to Wilson’s desire to create a "League of Nations"‚ and he stated that "a general association of nations must be formed under specific covenants for the purpose of affording mutual guarantees of political independence and territorial integrity to great and small states alike." It was agreed in the Treaty of Versailles that "the Covenant of the League of Nations promote international co-operation... peace and security.’" The League was established‚ but it did not have a large amount
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he claimed that it was actually Italian territory. He demanded an apology and he began preparing the Italian army for an invasion of Abyssinia. The Abyssinian emperor Haile Selassie appealed to the league for help. Phase 1 - January 1935 to October 1935Mussolini was supposedly negotiating with the league to settle the dispute‚ while at the same time he was shipping his army to Africa- he was preparing for a full scale invasion of Abyssinia. At the beginning Britain and France refused to handle the
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In 1918‚ Wilson drew up his Fourteen Points; he believed Article X‚ the League of Nations‚ was the most important. These points were incorporated in an international accord made at the Paris Peace Conference at Versailles. The Treaty of Versailles offered numerous ways to create harmony. Nevertheless‚ the U.S. neither joined the League of Nations nor signed the treaty. It was not the influence of the opponent forces of the U.S.‚ conservative or liberal‚ that led to the absolute defeat of the Treaty
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Films can be a historian’s most effective teaching tool. Today’s population is more accustomed to visually based information rather than written documents because they find historical documents difficult to interpret. John E. O’ Connor‚ a history professor at the New Jersey Institute of Technology‚ wrote "In the classroom it is particularly appropriate for history teachers‚ at least on occasion‚ to approach moving images as historical documents‚ reinforcing concepts of historical thinking while teaching
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The method used in the well-known English professional football league‚ Premier League‚ can be taken as an example here. Premier League is constructed by the competitions between the 20 top football clubs in England‚ in which double round-robin tournament is used‚ implying each team competes with all other teams twice. Three‚ one and zero point will be rewarded for a win‚ tie and lose in each competition. In the end of the league‚ a ranking list will be mainly arranged by the total scores of each
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Non-Aggression Pact was extremely significant in regards to the outbreak of war in Europe in 1939‚ however there were several other factors that also led to the outbreak of WWII. These factors include; the allied policy of appeasement‚ the failure the League of Nations and Collective Security and the aggressive nature of Nazi and Italian foreign policy. The signing of the 1939 Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact was extremely significant in regards to the outbreak of war in Europe. Both Germany and Russia
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Introduction Collective security has been both supported and criticised as a method of preventing the outbreak of war. It’s an idea that has been around for centuries but it wasn’t until post World War I when it was truly utilized. Throughout my paper I will discuss in further detail what is meant by collective security and how the theory of collective security has been implemented. I will discuss the criticisms of collective security and what conditions help it succeed. I will go into additional
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which called for the principle of self-determination‚ the formation of a League of Nations‚ and general amnesty towards Germany‚ as the solution for peace. However‚ his unwillingness to compromise led to widespread disagreement. The opposition forces in the U.S. senate consisted of the reservationists‚ who were willing to ratify the Treaty of Versailles with amendments‚ and the irreconcilables‚ who refused to join the League of Nations under any circumstances. If President Wilson was only willing
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