Allied Victory

Question 0

What were the reasons for allied victory and German collapse?

Answer 0

• Failure of the Ludendorff offensive.
  Germans had been pushed back as well as the German home front could not maintain the war effort.
• American troops
  Hundreds of thousands of fresh troops
• Morale
  Declining of German morale and increased allied morale.
• Maintaining war effort or failure thereof

Question 1

What were the events leading up to the armistice?

Answer 1

• The Ludendorff offensive

- Americas inclusion in the war

Question 2

Who were the three major personalities in the creation of the treaty of Versailles ?

Answer 2

• Cleemenceau (France)
• Wilson (America)
• Lloyd George (Britain)

Question 3

What was clemenceau’s opinion in the treaty of Versailles creation?

Answer 3

Wanted to see Germany punished, weakened and humiliated, large reparations. (Alsace-Lorraine)

Question 4

What was Wilson’s opinion in the treaty of Versailles creation?

Answer 4

Sought a fair peace, opposed an annexation of Germany’s colonies. Moderate peace. (14 points of international conduct)

Question 5

What was Lloyd George’s opinion in the treaty of Versailles creation?

Answer 5

Wanted Germany punished with an election promise, didn’t want a French dominated Europe.