International Relations

International Relations

1. 1918 - End of War

   • 1919 - Paris Peace Conference
     • Woodrow Willson
       • 14 point plan
         • No secret treaties
         • Free access to the seas
         • Free trade between countries
         • Universal disarmament
         • Colonies have a say in their future
         • German troops to leave Russia
         • Independent Belgium
         • Alsace-Lorraine returned to France
         • New boarder between Austria/Italy
         • Self-determination
           • E Europe
         • Serbian access to the sea
         • Self-determination
           • Turkish Empire
         • Independent Poland
         • League of Nations to be set up
       • Germany not punished too harshly
         • Won't seek revenge
       • League of Nations
       • National self-determination
       • World peace
     • David Lloyld-George
       • No German navy
         • Threat to British Empire
       • Re-establish Anglo-German trade
       • Germany not punished too harshly
       • Lots of pressure from Britain for a harsh treaty
     • Georges Clemenceau
       • Make Germany pay
       • Cripple Germany
         • Prevents future war against France
       • Demands for Germany to be broken up into different states
     • Treaty of Versailles
       • GARGLE
         • Guilt for the war
           • Forced to take total blame for the war
         • Armed forces
           • Reduced army
             • no armed vehicles (spying vehicals)
             • Only 6 battle ships
             • Rhineland demiliterised for 20 years
         • Reparations
           • £6.6 billion to pay - damage of the war
         • German territories
           • Over seas empire taked away
           • Alsace-Lorraine
             • France
           • Polish corridoor
           • Saarland
             • League
           • Sudetenland
             • Czechoslovakia
           • Anschluss with Austria verboten
         • League of Nations
     • League of Nations
       • Aims
         • Discourage agression
         • Encourage cooporation
           • Especially in trade
         • Disarmament
         • Improve living and working conditions
       • Members
         • Britain
           • 1919 to end
         • France
           • 1919 to end
         • Italy
           • 1919-1937
         • Japan
           • 1919-1933
         • USSR
           • 1934-1939
         • Germany
           • Wasn't allowed to join until 1926
             • Left in 1933

2. League of Nations

   • Successes
     • 1921
       • Upper Silesia
         • An industrial regime on the border of Germany/Poland
       • Aaland Islands
         • Dispute between Sweeden and Finland
     • 1925
       • Bulgaria
         • Greese invaded Bulgaria
   • Faliures
     • 1920
       • Vilna
         • Poland invaded Vilna
     • 1923
       • Corfu
         • Dispute over Greese/Albanian border
     • 1931
       • Manchuria
         • Japan accused the Chinese of sabotaging the Manchurian railway
           • Japan invaded China
             • League couldn't control Japan
               • Lack of army