Conflict and tension

Question 1

Aims of the big three for germany

Answer 1

Britain- wanted to ruin germanys navy,didn’t want to be too harsh, wanted to be hero to britain
France- Wanted to cripple germany, wanted massive payments for dammage, ruin germanys army
America- Wanted to be fair, made LON, germany should take blame

Question 2

TOV

Answer 2

Guilt, germany had to take blame
Land, loose empire and shrank
Army, 100,00 volenters and 6 boat
Money, $6600 mil in repirations

Question 3

Allies reactions to TOV

Answer 3

UK-” we’ll have to fight another war in 25 years and three times the cost” but was held here in Britain, but people thought it could be harsher
Usa-crushed that policies have been ignored. USA people thought it was too harsh.
France-the people out racing for elect Germany, get away with things

Question 4

German reactions to TOV

Answer 4

it was called dictate which meant they had no choice.
The stab in the back idea started the politicians and betrayed the German army.
The most outer part of the treaty was article 231 as it damaged the national pride.
They also felt open to attack with such a reduced military, it would be impossible to recover economically with such a high reparation.
they were humiliated the loss of land

Question 5

Other treaties after WW1

Answer 5

Treaty of Saint Germain, Austria, 10th of September 1919, lost land banned from uniting with Germany. Have to pay reparations

Treaty of Trianon, Hungary, fourth of June 1920 took long to make new country, small army

Treaty of Sevres 19 August 1920/treaty of lausanne, turkey, July 1923, lost land to start with, but then renegotiated with new government showed countries for treated differently

Question 6

Successes in LON

Answer 6

1921aland islands dispute between Finland and Sweden was successfully solved and the league‘s decision was accepted 

Question 7

Faliures of LON

Answer 7

1920, Vilna the league told Poland to move the army, but Poland refused
1923 Corfu, Italy, invaded Corfu after the death of an Italian general league, told them to leave Corfu, but Italy refused and didn’t pay compensation
1925, Bulgaria Greece now invaded Bulgaria, but couldn’t ignore the league like Italy. Could they showed how powerless the league was against bigger nations

Question 8

What was LON

Answer 8

A group of countries that would work together and solve problems like a world parliament. It was founded in 42 members which rose to 58 by 1934.

Question 9

LON aims

Answer 9

The leagues aims were to stop war from breaking out again, to encourage disarmament to improve working conditions and to tackle deadly diseases

Question 10

Ways LON delt with issues

Answer 10

getting countries to talk together through problems
Moral condemnation, a really strong telling off
Economic sanctions

Question 11

Treatys that didnt involve LON

Answer 11

Washington arms conference 1921 countries discuss giving up weapons but didn’t go through the league
Rapallo treaty in 1922, Germany and Russia, Germany would give Russia money in land that used to belong to them and would cooperate together
Locarno treaties, 1925, Germany and France, Germany took full blame and accepted the borders from the treaty of Versailles
Kellogg, Briand pact, 1928, Germany and France and 65 other countries wouldn’t use water settle disputes

Question 12

The great depression

Answer 12

The stock market crashed in America and countries across the world suffered. There was mass unemployment and 6 million people became unemployed in Germany alone the world crashed into major economic struggle as America, traded and loaned many countries money

Question 13

The manchurian crisis

Answer 13

on the 18th of September 1931 there was an explosion on the south Manchurian railway which is controlled by the Japanese army, the army claim that the trainer been attacked by Chinese soldiers. The Japanese army uses events as an excuse to invade Manchuria. The people of Japan were delighted and celebrated. This is a victory.

Question 14

Abyssinian crisis

Answer 14

The conflict between Italy and Ethiopia/Abyssinia Italy invaded Abyssinia who tried to resist, but were eventually defeated due to the unfairness of Italy, as they use chemical bombs and machine guns

Question 15

Why were the league not harsh on mussolini, italys leader?

Answer 15

The league didn’t want to make an enemy out of Mussolini as he was a very strong and powerful individual input in charge of a very strong and powerful nation. The crisis showed that if a country was violent enough, they’ll be no consequences from the league

Question 16

Why did the league fail?

Answer 16

The league had no army of its own

The leagues structures was complex

Membership America refused to join another powerful countries such as Germany and the USSR weren’t allowed to join

The great depression this meant that countries were even less likely to commit their military to the league nations because they’re enconomies were so damaged

alpha countries knew that the leagues only tall was too small condemnation, a good telling off they could easily rebel and get away with what they wanted

The league was worried about keeping Mussolini and as an ally during the Abyssinian crisis, which are selfish as they only care about their own countries and only wanted to use Russia to defeat/quiten Germany

Question 17

Who was hitler?

Answer 17

Became chancellor of Germany, January 19 33

Question 18

Hitlers aims

Answer 18

promise to get rid of treaty of Versailles
Rearm, Germany
lebensruam conquer living space for Germans
Destroy communism
Anschluss joining Austria and Germany together
Volkdeutsche unite all German-speaking people

Question 19

How did hitler break TOV

Answer 19

1923 Hitler left a conference on disarmament
1934 Dolphus affair, German leader get shot
1935 Saar plebiscite people in the Sara voted 90% rejoin with Germany. Hitler showed off his weapons in a rearmament rally
June 1935, the Anglo naval agreement, Britain and Germany, deciding how big the Germans navy could be in comparison to Britain’s Navy

Question 20

The rhineland

Answer 20

in German troops, go into the Rhineland attempt to remilitarise it as if they get caught be severe sanctions. However, they are greeted with flowers. Enjoy in the league does nothing

Question 21

Hitlers alliances

Answer 21

1936 Rome, Berlin, axis It was an alliance between Italy and Germany.
1936 Spain