World+War+I

1.) President Wilson wanted to bring “peace without victory”. France wanted the Germans to pay for the reparations of the war. Also, the Allied Powers wanted the Central Powers’ empires to split up and give them each lands that they had previously lost. 2.) Since this article could be founded in the US museum of the holocaust, I think the country that will be most benefitted is US because it is assumed that they were more involved in the treaty because of the information they have on it. 3.) Maybe France should have been benefitted the most because their lands were where most of the fight took place because it is near Belgium. Therefore they should receive the most benefits in order to aid their people and their land.  4.) The treaty of Versailles was not a fair treaty because though Germany lost the war, the conditions imposed on them were too harsh, especially during the time period. During the signing of the treaty, Germany was suffering with the Great Depression and the split of political parties. There were many conflicts within the society and they were suffering enough, but the Allied Powers piled more and more clauses on them forcing them to give up lands and spend all their money on the reparations of the war.
 * Treaty of Versailles **

Germany, along with the other Central Powers (Ottoman, Austria-Hungary) were forced to split up their empires. Many countries were formed because of the break of these empires. In particular, Germany was forced to cover for all the reparations of the war to the Allies along with their own debts. Also, the Allied Powers were given any land they had lost in the war along with other lands they had lost before the war (Franco-Prussian War). Germany had to give up their entire military along with weapons, land, etc. The Allies agreed to not demolish and kill off Germany. Germany was allowed to keep the land they had in Africa. The number of casualties in World War I was approximately 37.5-50 million people. Majority of the people (45 million) were men aging 21-30, wiping out almost an entire generation. The society was left deserted leaving factories without workers and no reproduction.

Four branches of the Treaty of Versailles were: US, Ita, Fra, Brit. US wanted the League of Nations to prevent another war like this. France and Italy wanted money and land from Germany because those countries were where the battles took place. US and Britain wanted to get the German technology to advance their society and to breakdown Germany.

 ** Poison in War **  Germany thought of the use of poison (chlorine gas) as a way to eliminate enemies with a violent cough which most of the time led to death. Soldiers literally coughed up pieces of their lungs.  ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Years Before the War **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> Vlad Lenin led the Bolsheviks (Marxists-communists) to overthrow czar Nicholas so the works could gain power and could be a socialist nation. The czar thought the war was a way the country could be united. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> Russia had a large army and the war brought nationalism. Machinery was out dated and worked slow. Also the army was led by bad leaders, causing high casualties. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> Nicholas took control of the army, but he had no idea of the military. They started losing battles, food was scarce, and the nation was led by czarina and a crazy monk. Russia began to have small confidence they lost faith in their czar/czarina. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> Gregory Rasputin was a monk who healed the czar’s son but was immoral and gave the wife a bad advice so people drowned him. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Russian Revolution **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">1917- people and soldiers revolt against czar; czar Nicholas is forced to step down and monarchy ends. Duma places Aleksandr Kerensky as leader. · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">1917- Lenin returns to Russia to lead a rebel group (Marxism-Leninism). They were aided by Germany to weaken Russia. · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">1918- new calendar. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Bolshevik Revolution **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> Kerensky attack Central Powers along East front but failed. Rebellion grew in army and Lenin took this as a chance to put the Bolshevik Red Guard in power. They attacked Kerensky’s government and immediately built communism once he was leader by distributing wealth. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> Lenin divided Russia into Soviets, calling the nation Union of Soviet Specialist Republic (USSR). The Bolsheviks fought for equality. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">New Economy Policy ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> Russia suffered economically during the war and Lenin made a policy to allow some capitalist activity. He hoped to bring some food but this policy went against the communist idea. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">U.S Enter War **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> U.S was mainly used to give supplies to the Allied Nations but didn’t want to interfere with the war, even though the people did. When they entered the war, they provided more reinforcements to the Allies because they had supplies, guns, ammo, and ships. US became a major world power. US went to war because Germany sunk Lusitania and Germany sent the Zimmerman Telegraph to Mexico to fight with US and they would get money but the US found out. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Armistice With Germany **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> The U.S entering the war gave the allies back-up with more people and weapons. This led to the allies rapidly winning the war. The Germans couldn’t put up with the U.S armies and eventually got defeated. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> The U.S entering demoralized the Germans because they were weak and once the US came, more was piled on them. Allies were able to do whatever to the Germans. They took control of their possessions.