BELLWORK: PLEASE CONTINUE WORKING ON YOUR PROPAGANDA POSTER DONE? WORK ON YOUR STUDY GUIDE! Use at least 1 wartime propaganda objective and 3 tools in your poster. Your poster should reflect the time period of WWI and be from a European country It needs to be your own creation – hand drawn, or you may use clip art and the internet. Your poster must be colorful and creative.
LEGACY OF WWI
WWI ENDS In July 1918, the Allies finally broke through the German Lines. It took another three months for Germany to surrender. On November 11, 1918 Germany signed an armistice. Other Central Powers fell before Germany surrendered. A-H was defeated by Italy
673 ships lost 22 countries involved $186,333,637,000 8,538,315 deaths!
THE PARIS PEACE TALKS The Treaty of Versailles January 1919 Delegates from 27 nations gathered in Paris to work out 5 separate peace treaties
THE BIG FOUR Woodrow Wilson (U.S.) David LloydGeorge (G.B.) Vittorio Orlando (Italy) Georges Clemenceau (France) These four made most of the decisions.
Woodrow Wilson Lloyd George Orlando Clemenceau
THE BIG FOUR AT VERSAILLES
PEACE OF JUSTICE Wilson on the other hand wanted a peaceful settlement where no country would be punished. He felt if you punish a country it would create resentment and another world war could happen.
PEACE OF VENGEANCE Leaders of Great Britain, Italy and France all wanted to punish Germany for the war. Blamed Germany for the war and saw them as the main aggressor. They wanted to seek revenge against Germany and make sure Germany could never again be an aggressor nation in Europe.
WILSON’S FOURTEEN POINTS Wilson came with a 14-point plan. Called for the creation of the “League of Nations” Called for self-determination for newly formed or freed countries Free trade and no secret treaties (Most of Wilson’s points were ignored or just used as bargaining tools)
TREATY OF VERSAILLES Treaty that ended WWI led to WWII Germany had to pay war debt ($33 Billion) Germany stripped of colonies. Germany lost military. Germany lost land and mostly its most productive (money earning) land.
LEAGUE OF NATIONS Precursor to the United Nations. All nations would come together to work out their problems. If a country took matters into their own hands, the League would step in. America never signed the Treaty of Versailles because it feared it would get dragged into another world war.
LEGACY OF THE WAR In the end most of Europe was not happy with the treaties. People found themselves in a new country where they did not want to be. Huge amounts of territory lost End of Empires Germany collapsed into financial ruin Total war costs: Billions Bitter feelings and the economic devastation faced by Germany left the possibility of another world war.
BOUNDARY CHANGES AND THE END OF EMPIRES In Europe country lines were re-drawn. An independent Poland was created from Germany, A-H, and Russia. A-H was broken up and left a small weak country. New Nations were created in eastern Europe creating buffer states between Russia and Germany. Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Yugoslavia. Middle East: Ottoman Empire ends - the Arab states were not given their independence as promised by the Allies
EUROPE 1914 VERSUS 1919
MIDDLE EAST 1914 VERSUS 1918