❧ Chapter 24 Section 4 The Failed Peace.
❧ TOTAL WAR ❧ The channeling of a nation’s entire resources into a war effort. ❧ Important to control public opinion so that recruits are maintained and resources are available
❧ End of war ❧ the Germans launch a huge offensive that push Allies back 40 miles. ❧ The Allies then launch a massive counter offensive. ❧ Armistice (agreement to end fighting) sought by Germans – 11AM November 11, 1918
❧ Costs of War ❧ 8.5 million dead ❧ Flu pandemic following war kills 20 million people! ❧ Major financial burdens ❧ Governments collapsed, revolutionary factions
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❧ PARIS PEACE CONFERENCE “BIG 4” ❧ Woodrow Wilson (US president) ❧ David Lloyd George (Britain) ❧ Georges Clemenceau (France) ❧ Vittorio Orlando (Italy)
❧ (Left to right) The “Big Four”: David Lloyd George of Britain, Vittorio Orlando of Italy, Georges Clemenceau of France, and Woodrow Wilson of the United States, the principal architects of the Treaty of Versailles.
❧ Woodrow Wilson “peace without victory” 14 Points ❧ SELF-DETERMINATION - The right of a people to choose their own form of government ❧ LEAGUE OF NATIONS – based on the idea of collective security, in which a group of nations act as one to preserve peace for all
❧ Treaty of Versailles ❧ Germans ordered to sign treaty ❧ Germany must accept full blame for the war – “War Guilt Clause” ❧ Pay reparations to winning nations, including pensions for Allied soldiers over $30 billion dollars! ❧ Limited size of the Germany military
❧ Military Limitation Clause ❧ Army - was to be reduced to 100,000 men and no tanks were allowed ❧ Navy - Germany was only allowed 6 ships and no submarines ❧ Air force - Germany was not allowed an air force ❧ Rhineland - The Rhineland area was to be kept free of German military personnel and weapons
Analyze: Review this political cartoon. Who is being fed the medicine? Who are the people feeding the medicine? What country is this cartoon the target for?
❧ Post WWI Germany
❧ Widespread Dissatisfaction ❧ Colonies did not gain independence ❧ Unfulfilled goals – Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia ❧ US Senate never ratifies the treaty and refuses to join the League of Nations
❧ Post War Europe
❧ ❧ Who killed the Red Baron? Shell Shock. (40 minutes). World War 1 Declassified. Video links.
❧ ❧ Crash Course History WW1 (10 minutes). ❧ ❧ Crash Course History WW1-America (13 minutes). ❧