agreement with the Freikorps who crush the communist revolves. This tactic was supported by people from the right wing and by judges and democratics who opposed communism. In addition‚ the new government had to decide whether to sign or not the Treaty of Versailles. Ebert felt he had
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World War I began as a European conflict‚ only gradually did it develop into a world war. The European nations started war with a prestigious vision about war only to be mentally and emotionally devastated by the truth of the Great War. The growing tensions between the European countries were caused by militarism‚ alliances‚ imperialism‚ and nationalism. There were many immediate and long-term impacts which subsequently followed. It was a conflict between the allied powers and central powers. The
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After World War One German had to face serious problems‚ such as the Treaty of Versailles‚ dislike of the weak and unpopular Weimar Government‚ serious economic problems of inflation and unemployment in the early 1920s and again after 1929 and the Great Depression. Furthermore‚ fear and concern about the rise of communism with strikes and rebellions. Hitler used powerful persuasion techniques such as propaganda and in other circumstance aggression and violence to eliminate his opponents‚ thus aiding
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Wilson’s 14 points. * The aims were idealistic. Wilson wanted to create world peace by eliminating what he thought had caused the war. * Freedom of navigation * Democracy and national self-determination * Free trade * Stop treaties that were being made in secrecy * General disarmament * Create the League of Nations * Wilson wanted to make Germany pay to some extent for causing the war and establish a period of probation after which Germany would be able to
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that to happen‚ there had to be someone who could act as the catalyst and lite the match that was crucial‚ which was Adolf Hitler. After World War I‚ Germany was blamed for all the damage that other countries suffered and was punished. The treaty of Versailles was signed in 1919 and it imposed economic‚ military‚ and territorial losses for Germany. In response to this punishment‚ the Weimar Republic
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IGCSE History Revision Charts 1. Were the peace treaties fair of 1919-21? -The Big Three (USA‚ France‚ Britain) gathered in Paris for the treaty of Versailles -USA believed in self determination at a strong way. -Britain and France wanted to make Germany pay a lot of reparations as well to gain other colonies‚ as a punishment for WWI. France wanted at an alarming rate to punish Germany. -The treaties could be justified because they had to control Germany and make sure it wouldn’t go to
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I believe that the treaties would establish a brief peace period in Europe post WWI‚ however they would not fulfill their purpose of maintaining the peace in Europe and preventing the possibility of Germany or any other country from creating another World War. This is because there were 58 commissions and committees that were created in order for all 32 nations to discuss the terms of the treaties and with all of these different nations pitching in ideas there were bound to be many conflicts in
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discuss the terms of peace. This led to the signing of the Treaty of Versailles. In the treaty Germany was forced to let go of a lot of land. The land taken away from them was; Alsace-Lorraine which was given to the French‚ Eupen and Malmedy given to the Belgians‚ Northern Schleswig given to Denmark‚ Hultschin given to Czechoslovakia and West Prussia‚ Possen and Upper Silesia given to Polland (Versailles‚ 2018). Additionally‚ the treaty required the Germans to relinquish their sovereign colonies
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treatment of Germany? (2 marks) In the extract from Guilt at Versailles‚ Antony Lentin states that the Allied statesmen did not create the Treaty of Versailles to conciliate or destroy Germany. Instead‚ the Treaty left Germany bitter‚ resentful‚ in want of revenge and a potential enemy in the future. (b) What message is conveyed by Source E? (3 marks) Source E conveys the message that Germany has been mistreated through the Treaty of Versailles. * The caption reads “… do you want your pockets
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devise a treaty that might somehow make sense of the chaos and restore some measure of order to the European continent. 1 Each member of the peace conference approached the task at hand with his own agenda‚ reflective of his country’s experience during the war. President Woodrow Wilson of the United States hoped to achieve a number of the idealistic goals laid out in his “Fourteen Points” speech and mold the post-War society into a peaceful utopia‚
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