The End & Aftermath of the War

The End & Aftermath of the War

Ch. 27, Sec. 5

The End of the War• ARMISTICE: an agreement to end fighting.

• But does an agreement to stop fighting mean that anyone admits defeat?? Cease-fire vs. surrender!

• 11:00 am on November 11, 1918 (11-11-18)

• We celebrate Veterans Day!

11 a.m., November 11, 1918

11 a.m., November 11, 1918

The Armistice is Signed!

Results of the War• More than 8.5 million people were dead.

• Factories, homes, roads, churches, farms, etc. were destroyed.

• HUGE debt from the war.

• Allies (U.S., Britain, France, Italy switches sides, Russia drops out) win and they want to blame someone!

• Allies want the losers to pay ‘reparations’ or payments for war damages.

• Governments of Russia, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire have collapsed.

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World War I Casualties

World War I Casualties

The Paris Peace Conference: June 1919

• United States = President Woodrow Wilson

• Britain = David Lloyd George

• France = Georges Clemenceau

• Italy = Vittorio Orlando

Woodrow Wilson’s 14 Points• President Woodrow Wilson from the United States

and other diplomats met at the Palace of Versailles to write a peace treaty.

• Wilson asked for:- freedom of the seas- free trade- reduction of arms- end of secret treaties- self-determination (right of people to choose their own government) for all nations- to form an international body called ‘League of Nations’ where countries could discuss problems without going to war- “peace without victory”

Treaty of Versailles Terms• Germany must assume full blame for the war.• Germany had to pay war reparations.• Germany had to limit size of its army.• Germany had to give up overseas colonies.• Polish corridor was created: Germany had to give

up territory in Europe.• Territory of Alsace Lorraine given back to France.

(The treaty left many nations dissatisfied & resentful!)

The Big FourDelegate Nation

RepresentedGoals Outcomes

Woodrow Wilson

United States World Peace, 14 Points, League of Nations

Wilson found he had to compromise most of his idealism in order to save the idea of the League of Nations.

David Lloyd-George

Great Britain Wanted to “make Germany pay” for the war

Forced Germany to sign “war guilt clause”, forced Germany to give up territory, and pay war debts of the Allies.

Georges Clemenceau

France Wanted territory, concerned about the future security of France

Took Alsace-Lorraine and Saar Basin from Germany, established Polish Corridor to weaken Germany.

Vittorio Orlando

Italy Wanted territory for Italy Orlando’s demands were ignored by the delegates. He became frustrated and went back to Italy.

New Nations created by the Treaty of Versailles

• Latvia• Lithuania• Estonia• Poland• Austria• Hungary• Yugoslavia• Czechoslovakia

Turn to pg. 110-111 of Nystrom Atlas!

Area of Concern

Option 1 Option 2 Option 3

Blame: who is to blame for the war?

Why?

Germany No one nation can be blamed

Other option your group decides on.

Cost of the war: Germany

must pay but how much?

£2,000,000,000 £6,600,000,000 £24,000,000,000

Germany Military: should Germany’s armed forces be

limited? If so, how? (think of men and

equipment)

Reduced to 100,000 men. German navy

reduced to 36 ships. No

conscription allowed. No tanks,

submarines, or aircraft to be built.

All wartime weapons to be melted down.

Reduced to 250,000 men. German navy reduced to 50 ships.

No conscription allowed. Allowed to

keep all tanks, submarines, and air

force.

No further conscription, though forces to remain as before the war. All

armed services to be at pre-war levels.

Colonies: were mainly in Africa such

as Togoland & Tanganyika, plus

lands captured from the Turks.

The colonies are to be allowed to govern

themselves as independent nations.

France and Great Britain split the

colonies and territories

captured from Germany and

Turkey.

The colonies are put under the control of

the League of Nations until further decisions are made as to who is

to run them.

Rhineland: the area that lies on the German side of the border with France.

The Allies take control of the area not allowing German military to have a presence in the area.

The League of Nations occupies the area so no one nation has it under control.

Allow the Germans some control of the area with Allied supervision under the control of the League of Nations.

Alsace-Lorraine: once part of France, the Germans took it in 1870.

Returned to France.

Germany is allowed to keep it.

Placed under the control of the League of Nations until a decision is made.

Saar: area of Germany with excellent coalfields.

Give to France for 15 years. The French need to coal mines to rebuild after war. Following this time, the people of Saar vote to see if they want to be French or German.

Remain in Germany – the rich coalfields are needed to build the German economy after war.

Let Germany keep it- but half of any profit from the fields must be given to the Allies as war damages.

Poland Let it remain in German hands.

Make it a protectorate under the League of Nations until a vote can see who should govern it.

Becomes an independent nation – this will cut off east Prussia (Germany) from the rest of Germany. It will have a port to trade through.

Danzig: a city of both German and Polish people.

Let the Germans keep it. Let the Polish have it. Make a free city.

Finland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia: these were formerly part of Russia.

To become independent nations.

Place under international control until the consequence can be viewed.

Other option your group decides on.

Czechoslovakia: formerly part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (the empire broke up).

Place under international control until the consequence can be viewed.

Make an independent nation.

Other option your group decides on.

End of the 1st WW: Consequences

• Changed whole fabric of society.• After the war, 1000s died from poverty and

disease.• Vast financial cost.• Destroyed old certainties about social and

economic life.• Human suffering – millions of deaths.

Issues to Consider

• Who suffered from the war?

• What was the real cost of the war?

• What did the war achieve?

All Quiet on the Western Front• All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) is the first major anti-war film of

the sound era, faithfully based upon the timeless, best-selling 1929 novel by Erich Maria Remarque (who had experienced the war first-hand as a young German soldier).

• The film was advertised with the brooding face of one of the young German recruits sent into World War I. The film used acres of California ranch land for the battle scenes and employed over 2,000 extras.

• It was a critical and financial success, and probably the greatest of pacifist, anti-war films - the grainy black and white film is still not dated and the film hasn't lost its initial impact. The Academy Award winning film is still one of the few early sound films that modern audiences watch. However, it was criticized as being propagandistic and anti-militaristic, and it was denounced by the Nazi government of the 30s.