contributor of the start of this war‚ other countries turned their backs and forced the germans to pay for what they have done. Hence the activation of a treaty that took alot away from them. They were not allowed to build up their army‚ they had to lose land‚ and pay to france for the chaos that has been caused. The treaty was called the treaty of versailles which was signed in 1919. Germans of course were not happy about it as they lost a lot of land‚ they had to give up the rhineland‚ austria and poland
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Versailles was certainly the shooting star in French history. Louis XIV‚ the sun king wanted to build a grand place to escape Parisian mobs and to keep an eye out on his scheming nobles. When his chief minister Cardinal Mazarin died in 1661‚ the 22-year old was prepared to show his kingdom his power. However‚ in exceptionally bad timing‚ his finance minister‚ Nicolas Fouquet‚ had finished his new palace‚ Vaux-le-Vicomte‚ and invited Louis XIV to his new palace for a weekend of extravagant entertainment
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The Treaty of Versailles was made after WWI in Paris 1919 there was a representative from America‚ Great Britain‚ France and Italy. American Woodrow Wilson‚ Great Britain’s David Lloyd George‚ Frances Georges Clemenceau and Italy’s Vittorio Orlando were known as the ’Big Five’. The Treaty was drawn up so Germany who was responsible for the war was to pay reparations to the allies and their associated powers. The Treaty consisted of Territorial Settlements‚ a war guilt clause‚ reparations and restrictions
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How Did the Versailles Treaty Help Cause WW II In 1914‚ the World War I just started and ended four years later in 1918 but later World War II had just begun. In World War I fought mainly in Western and Eastern with this war caused many deaths. (BGE) With the technology they had machine guns‚ and gas mask. After a year later they signed a treaty called Treaty of Versailles (BGE). Treaty of Versailles is a peace treaty between the Allies and Germany in 1919. What helped that causes WW II in Versailles
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‘Lloyd George fell from power in 1922 because of his style of government after 1918.’ To what extent do you agree with this view? Lloyd George was dominant in politics in 1918. The First World War resulted in an increase in his popularity and in the coalition he was a valuable asset to the conservative party. Various factors‚ his style of government and its effect on the conservatives‚ the conservative attitude towards him and finally his poor decisions in policymaking brought about his downfall
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When the peace processes were to start after the finishing of World War One‚ there were four people who were major components in the treaty of Paris: Clemenceau‚ George‚ Orlando‚ and Wilson. Clemenceau wanted revenge on the German’s by punishing them through the treaties because he believed that they were at fault for the war; George was in agreement with Clemenceau although he did not feel that Germany should suffer severe punishment; Orlando who wanted the irredenta to be re-established; and President
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Assess the reasons for the downfall of Lloyd George and the coalition government in 1922 In order to fully assess the question we would need to take a look at the Economic and social issues that David Lloyd George put across as well as his foreign policies and the Conservatives seeing him as outliving his purpose. For example‚ his domestic policies were a success – they achieved what he intended to achieve‚ and achieved more then many thought realistically possible with the resources at Britain’s
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Did the Treaty of Versailles make World War II inevitable? JANUARY 8‚ 2008 STUDENT ID: 081404078 ABSTRACT This essay analyses the origins of the Second World War by briefly summarizing the events from 1919-1939. However‚ most emphasis is put on the amount of responsibility the Treaty of Versailles deserves for the outbreak of war. Other than analysing the Treaty of Versailles on its own‚ it also analyses the effects of the 1929 Wall Street Crash on the world‚ the
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day of his appointment. We will start with the treaty of Versailles. The Treaty of Versailles became effective in January 1920; a document
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Up until the end of the Great War‚ and especially during the war years‚ Lloyd George served his Nation greatly. He has often been hailed as ‘the man who won the war’. Although after the war he struggled to make good on his promise of making Britain ‘a fit land for heroes to live in’. Nevertheless he did his Nation a great service. Unfortunately the same cannot be said for what he did to the Liberal Party. Lloyd George was never a party man and cannot be said to have served his party well‚ he played
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