you tomorrow.”(Doc. 2) According to Haile Selassie‚ The League of Nations should be responsible for stopping the aggressors‚ and if the aggressors aren’t stopped karma will come back to bite them. Hitler promised to tear up the Versailles Treaty. Specifically‚ the treaty forbade German troops from entering the Rhineland‚ a buffer zone between Germany and France. The New York Times explains that reaction in Berlin‚ March 7 as: “Hitler concluded‚ ‘I look upon this day as marking the close of the
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general association of nations...for the purpose of affording mutual guarantees of political independence and territorial integrity to great and small states alike.’ Part of TofV so LofN to protect the terms of that Treaty. Wilson = It ‘can arbitrate and correct mistakes’ in the treaties. Oversaw mandates and treatment of minorities and international zones like Danzig‚ Saar etc… Weak enforcement French wanted the League to have its own military forces Britain and America did not. Covenant of the
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The Weimar republic from 1919 to 1929 had many successes and failures‚ starting in chaos and ending in relative stability. However‚ due to individual perspective these successes and failures were often viewed as both successes and failures- not either. Class‚ political leanings and other moralistic beliefs‚ primarily influenced the individual’s perspectives. Overall‚ due to the relative stability‚ (the aim of any government) primarily achieved by Streseman’s influence‚ the successes outweighed the
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For starters‚ the Paris Peace Treaty that ended WWI causing subjecting Germany to ruinous financial penalties and limited what they could do in the way of rearming themselves to‚ say‚ protect themselves from Russia. The outcome of this treaty started the settlement which elaborated in the peace treaties included payment of war reparations‚ commitment to minority rights and territorial adjustments including the end of the Italian Colonial Empire in Africa. The treaties allowed Italy‚ Romania‚ Hungary
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warfare against merchant ships trading with France and Britain‚ the United States entered the war against Central Powers. The American war aim was to detach the war from nationalistic disputes or ambitions‚ after the Bolshevik disclosure of secret treaties between the Allies‚ which discredited their claims that Germany was the sole power with aggressive ambitions.[10] On 8 January 1918‚ United States President Woodrow Wilson issued a statement which became known as the Fourteen Points. This speech
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GCSE History Revision Notes - Germany Weimar - strengths and weaknesses The Weimar Republic After Germany lost the First World War‚ the Kaiser fled and a new democratic government of Germany was declared in February 1919 at the small town of Weimar. It was too dangerous to make a declaration in Berlin where there had just been a revolt by a Communist group called the Spartacists. STRENGTHS • A Bill of Rights guaranteed every German citizen freedom of speech and religion‚ and equality
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political environment of Germany at the time. With the end of World War I in 1918‚ Germany was left in relative disarray. Under the terms of the 1919 Treaty of Versailles‚ Germany was forced to accept the blame for the war‚ pay reparations to the Allied Nations‚ reduce its army‚ destroy its air force‚ and give up its colonies.6 The terms of the treaty not only left the previously proud German people humiliated and angry‚ but it also created a very unstable economic environment which incited civil unrest
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How successful was Woodrow Wilson in achieving his aims in foreign policy in the years 1912 to 1920? (24 marks) Although Wilson had primarily been elected to reform national politics and initiate new progressive policies in Washington‚ he spent the majority of his time as President dealing with foreign policy rather than domestic. Wilson’s predecessors‚ including McKinley‚ Theodore Roosevelt‚ and Taft‚ had viewed the United States as an emerging power that needed to extend its influence throughout
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After of the devastation of the World War I‚ victorious western powers imposed a series of hard treaties on the defeated countries. These treaties deprived the central powers as Germany of important territories and imposed significant compensations payments where Germany and its Allies had to accept all responsibility of the war. The United states policy brought to united states political‚ social and economic changes. After of WWI‚ Wilson found a solution to keep the peace between countries‚ so the
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One of them being that Germany was frustrated over the Treaty of Versailles. Germany was upset that they had to follow unfair demands‚ including paying for all of the damages of World War I‚ lessening their armies‚ and limiting their military. In time‚ an aggressive ruler in Germany came to power named Adolf Hitler. Hitler felt that the outcome of the Treaty of Versailles was unfair‚ so he did the opposite of what the treaty stated and put all the money into building a stronger military
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