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Chapter One - Great Suffering
The loses of each countries Other powers also suffered, Austria lost 1200000 men turkish empire lsot 325,000. bulgaria 100,000. 1918 spanish inflienza hit, killer of the war 25million people died.
 * France -Area of Wales ruined, farm land churned into useless mud by millions of bomb shells.
 * Farm animals were eaten, two million people flee from their homes,
 * 23000 factoes destroyed 56000 km of railway, 48000 km roads wrecked. 1400000 french soldiers kiled 2500000 wounded.
 * Belgium - Great war started for Belgium when germans swept by to attack france. stripped machinery from facoties, took crops and rationed food, melted church bells for weapons. 50,000 belgian soldiers died
 * Britain- 750,000 british soldeirs died and 1500000 wounded, lots crippled for life. In debt spent nin billion pounds on war and one billion was horrowed money.
 * Italians - Joined war in 1915 was promised austrian land. 600,000 dead
 * Russians- Mass hunger+death of 1700000 soldiers. only ally country to surrender. Brest Litovisk treaty took away all russias western provinces.
 * USA- suffered least. lost of 116,000 men
 * Germany- country wasnt devastated little war was fought there, two million soldiers killed in the war by 1918, revolution started and british blocked the germans supply route

Chapter Two
- the paris peace conference Make peace after damage done in great war. Januaray 1919 in Paris. Biggest peace conference ever held in hisotry. 32 nations gatjered 3 countires took control of the talks, "Big Three" David Lloyd George, Prime Minister of Britain, George Clemenceau Prime Minister of France and Woodrow Wilson President of USA. All three had different ideas.


 * Clemenceaus straightforward aims, harsh. germans pay for damage done to france. 200000000000 gold rancs.must be made weak so that they cant attack france again. taking land industry.

some were
 * Wilson Wanted peace, no future war was possible, fair peace. Wilson had something called the Fourteen Points which were 14 ways for peace.


 * David Lloyd - agreed with the fourteen points, if defeated natuns were treated to harshly they would become angry, might want revenge. British public want him to be tough, want to "Hang the Kaiser" and the "make germany pay"


 * Wilson was the only one who had ideas for peace, and he got his way, first two months setting up league of nations,.
 * Italy demanded that Italians living under Austrian rule must be go back to Italy.
 * Victors competed with each other to carve up land
 * Germany, Hungary, Austria, Bulgaria and Turkey did not take part Communist Russia not allowed to take part

Chapter 3
June 28th 1919 politicians left paris went by tain to Versailles. Royal palace singed the first of the treaties they were discussing. The Treaty of Versailles dealt with germany over 200 pages, 400 seperate sections. some of the terms were : > > >
 * League of nations set up. the **Convenant of the League of Nations.**
 * germany had to give land away to neighbouring countries.
 * All germany's oversea colonies were taken away and put under the rule of league of nations.
 * Germany give Russia’s land back
 * Germany’s armed forces to minimum
 * 100,000 men and a navy with no more than six battleships
 * No submarines and air force


 * DMZ (Demilitarized Zone)
 * Western part of Germany – no soldiers or military allowed there


 * War Guilt Clause
 * Germany accept blame for starting WWI


 * Reparations
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Germany had to pay for repairing causes, mainly France

Never been consulted, when told of this treaty they were outraged. The governemnt resigned, captians fo the german fleet (kept by british in scapa flow) sank own ships in protest. Germans everywhere complained about the treated "Diktat" Threatened to invade if they did not sign the treaty.

Chapter 4
Treaty makers had to also deal wiht Austria and Bulgaria and the Turkish Empire. Austria did not exist anymore, reblled against their empereor, trying to gain independence. Three had Three had already set up their own independent states, appointed their own leaders, Czechs hungarians and the serbs. before peace conference, practice woodrow wilsons idea of self determination. dealt with by two treaties. **Sait Germain and Trianon.** MADE AUSTRIA ND HUNGARY INTO SEPERATE INDEPENDENT STATES. THEY ALSO HAD TO PAY REPERATIONS FOR WAR DAMAGE, REDUCE THEIR ARMAMENTS AND GIVE UP LAND TOTHEIR NEIGHBOURS. SERBIA TOOK OVER HUGE AREAS OF LAND TO BECOME YUGOSLAVIA. OTHER AUSTRIAN ALND WERE GIVNE TO ITALY AND TO POLAND. DELT WITHT EH SAME WAY **TREATY OF NEUILLY** GAVE AWAY ALND TO NEIGHBORINS REDUCE ARMED FORCES DIDNT ATTEND CONFERENCE. IMPORTANT EFFECTS ON THE COUNTRY. TREATY OF VERSAILLES GAVE MUCH OF german conquered land back. Provicnes on the Baltic sea finland estonia latvia and lithuania all became independent states. Conquered by their neighbors, gained independence by taking land form their conquerors (germany austria hungary and russia) German land was important "Polish Corridor" free access ot baltic sea. Arab lands in the middle east made into mandates, lands were controlled by french and british. until the peoples of the lands were ready to rule themselves. LON make sure france and britain government these mandates proper;y Arabia had independence
 * Austria**
 * BULGARIA**
 * RUSSIA**
 * Poland**
 * Turkish Empire**
 * Treaty of Sevres** - took away all turkeys land in europe put the turkish straits under League of Nations.

Much of the work of the League was done by **commisions.** Making world a better one, taks force, -**Secretariat** - handled paperwork communications and publicity.
 * Chapter 5**
 * The Organisation fo the League of Nations**
 * -**The Covenant of the League of Nations **talk no war.**
 * -**if that fialed and a member was attacked all other members would to its help. **Collective Sercuity.** help would be arragned by the **Council**
 * Disarmament Commission** worked ot persuade memebr countries to reduce size of armed forces, cut odnw stocks of weapons
 * Mandates Commision** - kept eye on german and turkish colonies.
 * Health Organisations -** improving worlds health wipe out leprosy
 * International Labour Organizations**- aimed to improve the conditions of people
 * Problems for the League of Nations**
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19pt; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.5in;"> impressive on paper but weak **
 * Three great countries were not in it.
 * Use did not want to join, did not want to get involved with problems form other countries.
 * Germany and Russia were not allowed in

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Summary
All countries came out of this war harmed in some way. Many men died throughout this war, and lots of damage was caused to each country. Many treaties were signed in the Paris Peace Conference. The League of Nations was established, while it was maintaining peace and improving living conditions big countries were not part of it.

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Questions
1. What happened to Germany after the war? 2. What was the DMZ ? 3. What terms did they come up with that Germans had to comply with? 4. Who were the big three? 5 What did each of the three want? goals?