history unit 1 & 2 Flashcards
June 28th, 1914
world war 1 begins
November 11th, 1918
world war 1 ends
June 28th, 1919
Treaty of Versailles signed
June 28th, 1920
league of nations formed
January 30th, 1933
Hitlers natzi party takes control of Germany
August, 1934
Hitler declared dictator of Germany
September 1934
world war 2 begins
what was the international conference on germanys punishment for ww1 called?
The Paris peace conference
who are the big three
Woodrow Wilson (america) Georges Clemenceau (France) David Lloyd George (Great Britain)
conditions of the t.o.v
redrawing the boarders
loss of territory and population
economic and political sanctions
forced acceptance of guilt
reparations of the t.o.v
all German business and property in other countries was confiscated
132 billion gold marks in reparations paid over 50 years
military restrictions
only allowed 6 battle ships
no Air Force or submarines
army was only allowed 100,000 men
territory
germany lost all colonies
they lost 13% of their territory and 12% of its population
diktat meaning
is a harsh penalty or settlement imposed upon a defeated by the victor and often the defeated have no say in the punishment.
stab in the back myth
Germany believed that the socialist had stabbed the German army in the back betraying Germany by making peace with the allies