WWI

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Flashcards on WWI, created by inwus on 08/10/2013.
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[P+T] Self Determination nations w/ equal rights + equality of opportunity have right to freely choose sovereignty + international political status w/o external compulsion/interference
[P+T] Major WWI Players United States Japan France Italy United Kingdom
[P+T] WWI President Woodrow Wilson
[P+T] Within the '14 Points' Self Determination Freedom of the Seas No Alliances No Secret Treaties Freedom to Trade End of Colonies Eliminate WWI Causes Make World Safe for Democracy War to End All Wars
[P+T] United Kingdom's Leader Lloyd George
[P+T] UK's Goal for WWI --Elimination of German fleet --End German empire --Defeat German planes to control Eastern Europe --Return to normal trade relations --Reparations from Germany --Guilt --Money
[P+T] UK Avoided... --New alliances --Support France in ambitions in Alsace-Lorraine
[P+T] French Leader George Clemenceau
[P+T] At WWI end, France suffered... --2 million casualties --Devastation of land, industry, housing
[P+T] France's WWI Goal --Germany disarms, territory reduced, heavy reparations --Alsace-Lorraine --Make Rhine Puppet State of France --Control Luxembourg + Belgium --Firm alliance with U.S. and U.K.
[P+T] Italy's Leader Vittorio Orlando
Italy's Goal --land promised in Treaty of London --Dalmatian Coast, Trisste, South Tyrol --Left Versaille upon getting nothing
Treaty of London promised Italy land for fighting
[P+T] Japan's Goal --recognition of dominance in China --entitlement to former German islands --sought statement recognizing racial equality in peace settlement
[P+T] Treaties that Settled War - Treaty of Versailles - 1919 - Treaty of St Germain- 1919 - Treaty Trianon- 1919-20 - Treaty of Neuilly 1919-20 - Treaty of Sevres 1923 - Treaty of Lausanne 1923
[P+T] Treaty of Versailles --with Germany --reparations in billions in gold marks --no German airforce --Germany - only 100 thou soldiers --Alsace-Lorraine given back to France --Give up all colonies --No Ger. soldier in Rhineland
[P+T] Treaty of Saint Germain --with Austrian Empire --dissolution of Austrian Empire --pay reparations --no large standing army --accept blame --lost all colonial possession --nothing political or international w/o consulting LoN
[P+T] Treaty of Trianon [1919-20] --with Hungary as successor of Austria-Hungary empire --Hun. lost 72% territory; left 64% of inhabitants; 3.3 pf 10.7 mil [31%] ethnics outside Hun. --Hun. lost 5 / 10 most populous cities --political, economic, and social consequences
[P+T] Treaty of Neuilly --dealt w/ Bulgaria --paid reparations, gave up land, accept defeat, take blame, deplete army --"Second National Catastrophe" --pushed toward Nazis before WWII
[P+T] Treaty of Sevres --dealt with Ottoman empire --Kingdom of Hejaz granted intl. recognition --Armenia recognized as est. state --Allies control Ottoman Empire's finances --Otto. Army restricted to 50700; navy preserved 7 sloops, 6 torpedo boats; prohibited air force --France received Syria + parts of Southeastern Anatolia --Italy possessed Dodecanese Islands --failed due to natl movement against allies' losses of parts of Anatolia
[P+T] Treaty of Lausanne --followed Treaty of Sevres failure --stop hostilities between nationalist + allies --defined borders of modern Turkey except border with Iraq --Turkey gave up claim to remaining Ottoman Empire --Allies recognize Turkish sovereignty
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