international relations in 20th century:part 1

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peace and war in europe, 1920-45

paris peace conference

conference held after britian,usa and france bet germany,austria-hungary in ww1

president wilson: usa,wanted germany to be treated fairly and suggested league of nations to keep peace

david lloyd george:prime minister of britian,wanted harsh terms on germany

president clemenceau:france(nickname,the tiger),wanted revenge on germany and wanted them weak

treaty of versailles

treaty of versailles was made with germany:

Rhineland was demilitarised

Germany lost polish corridor to poland

union with austria(anschluss) forbidden

german army cut down to 100,000 soilders

germany had to accept the War Guilt

they had to pay compensation of

germany had to sign this, but they were not happy to do so

league of nations

set up to maintain pece between countries

headquarters-geneva

assembly and councils held where decisions had to be unanimous

league resolved small disputs but could not stop bigger countries doing what they wanted

japan invaded china

italy invaded abyssinia(ethiopia)

hitler and germant broke terms of the treaty

reasons for failure:

no army-used boycotts or sanctions to force countries to follow decisions

council and assembly had to be unaminous

most powerful countries were not in it (usa)

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