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Made Awesomeness This is a table I made of the casualties of different countries in World War I.
 * France || Belgium || Britain || Italy || Russia || The United States || Germany ||
 * 1,400,000 deaths || 50,000 deaths || 750,000 deaths || 600,000 deaths || 1,700,000 deaths || 116,000 deaths || Millions starved ||

Found Awesomeness





This is a comic showing how Germany is being bullied in the Paris Peace Treaty.

Notes


 * 1) Great Suffering...**

France -worst fighting took place in France -lots of good farm land ruined -farm animals killed as food -over 2 million people fled from homes

Belgium -The Great War began in Belgium -Germans took crops, rationed food -Germans melted church bells to make weapons -Flanders was a part of Belgium not occupied and was destroyed by fighting -more than 50,000 Belgian soldiers killed

Italy -Italy joined the Allies because of promised land after war -after 3 years, they pulled out of the war because they did more than enough -600,000 soldiers were killed

Russia -only Allied country in the war that surrendered -a total of 1,700,000 deaths due to hunger and fighting -revolutions broke out inside the country -Treaty of Brest-Litovsk signed, Russia lost 1/3

The United States -suffered least -only lost 116,000 which was small number compared to other nations

Germany -nearly 2 million soldiers killed -revolutions started in Germany -British Navy blocked supplies from going in -starvation due to this

The suffering of a war -Central Powers suffered heavy losses -Austria-Hungary lost over 1,200,000 men -Turkish Empire lost over 325,000 men -Bulgaria lost over 100,000 men -Spanish influenza killed 25 million over the world -victorious countries never wanted such a war to happen again and made peace treaties to ensure long-lasting peace


 * 2) Great Expectations...**

The Paris Peace Conference -on January 1919, the Paris Peace Conference was held -biggest peace treaty in world's history -Prime Minister of Britain, David Lloyd George, Prime Minister of France, Georges Clemenceau and President of the United States of America, Woodrow Wilson took control as 'The Big Three'

Clemenceau -Germany has to pay for damage done in France -costs 200,000,000,000 gold francs -Germany made weak to never again be able to attack France -take away land, industry and armed forces -Clemenceau was called 'The Tiger'

Woodrow Wilson -wanted to make future war impossible by making fair peace -in Wilson's 'Fourteen Points' which was made to create the fair peace 1. No secret agreements to prevent misunderstandings 2. Reduce armed forces and weapons 3. People living in foreign empires allowed to make their own government 4. Countries belong to the League of Nations, created for keeping peace -disagreed with Clemenceau where Germany has to pay for damages

David Lloyd Geroge -agreed with Wilson's 'Fourteen Points' -however, Britain wanted the Germans to pay -faced with this trouble at home, it was hard to follow his own beliefs

Making the peace -Wilson got his way because he was the only one with detailed plans -politicians spent two months setting up the League of Nations -politicians turned to problem of national self-determination -Italians demanded to be re-united as Italy than under Austrian rule -Czech and Yugoslavs wanted as much land as possible -Germany, Hungary, Austria, Bulgaria and Turkey did not take part in the free-for-all -there soon was doubt in what they were doing


 * 3) Germany Re-made The Treaty of Versailles**
 * -politicians went to Versailles to sign the first treaties **
 * -Treaty of Versailles was very long, hundreds of pages dealing with Germany **
 * -the Treaty of Versailles main articles were that the league of nations were setup and was called the Covenant of the League of Nations, land around Germany must be given to the countries surrounding Germany, all German colonies were taken to be part of the League of Nations, land taken from Russia by Germany were returned with some becoming new nations, Germany's army was greatly reduced to 100,000 men and navy with no more than six battleships and were not allowed to have submarines or air forces, the western part of Germany became a DMZ zone, Germany was forbidden to unite with Austria, Germany had to accept blame for the cause of war **
 * -Germany had to pay for reparations and for the damage caused **


 * 4) Europe Reshaped: The Other Paris Peace Treaties**

Austria-Hungary -dealt with two treaties -treaties were signed in Saint German and Trianon -gave up some land -land given to Serbia and Romania

Bulgaria -Treaty of Neuilly -consequences similar to Austria-Hungary

Russia -got back some land taken by Germany -some land taken to form new nations

Poland -regained independence -gained access to ports at Baltic sea through the Polish Corridor

The Turkish Empire -treaty of Sevres -took almost all of Turkish land -Arab lands Turkish used to have was taken by French and Britain


 * 5) The League of Nations**

The Organization of the League of Nations -many rules were made to keep peace -when there was trouble, they would talk about the problems and try to solve it instead of going to war -much of the work was done by commissions -there was the Disarmament Commission lowering the army numbers -Health Organization made to maintain worldwide health -secretariat set up to deal with paper work

Problems for the League of Nations -the United States did not join the League of Nations -Russia and Germany did not join -League of Nations does not have an army, when there is a problem, they can't fight back

Why didn't the United States join the league of nations when they were the ones who came up with it? Since the League of Nations was successful, why was Germany still treated so harshly? How long can the League of Nations last without an army? Is it fair that the Nations who lost the battle had to suffer as much as they did? How much did Germany pay the French for the damage they did?
 * Questions**

Politicians from around the world met at the Paris Peace Conference to create peace after the first world war. The Big Three were three men who took control of the peace conference and Wilson, the United States president made a plan to maintain peace so there wouldn't be a war as horrible as this ever again. The League of Nations was created, with nations that joined maintaining a peace throughout the world.
 * Summary**