Problems in successor states

Question 1

what were the problems in Yugoslavia

Answer 1

Yugoslavia which was established in December 1918. Became home of various ethnic and religious backgrounds- Serbs , Germans , Croats , Slovenes and Muslims , Christians , Jews , Orthodox.
in this situation religious and ethnic disputes were inevitable.

Because if bordered Austria , Hungary , Romania , Bulgaria and Greece.Yugoslavia became involved in territorial disputes.
Yugoslavia was a weak and vulnerable country , because of its backward agricultural methods and limited industry , it became heavily dependent on western loans.

Question 2

What were the problems in Poland

Answer 2

-The Paris Peace Conference conformed Poland’s independence in June 1919.

-Border disputes brought Poland into conflict with Germany , Czechoslovakia ,Lithuania and Russia.

-Polish government wanted to expand Poland’s territory and in 1919 Polish troop entered Ukraine.

-Soviet Russia invaded Poland until the battle of Warsaw in August 1920.
-Poland was only granted eastern frontiers after the war, with the Treaty of Riga.
-More than 1 million Germans made up Poland’s population.

Question 4

What were the Problems in Czechoslovakia

Answer 4

Although Czechoslovakia had an industrial base and a stable democratic government,

• it’s frontiers were artificial and the state was composed of two very different states. The Czech Lands and Slovakia. The Sudetenland also contained a minority of ethnic Germans, which numbered 22.3 per cent by 1930.
• This in time gave Hitler an excuse to take over the Sudetenland as it progressively looked as if the German population required aid.

Question 5

Problems in Austria

Answer 5

-Austria was landlocked and most of its industrially productive areas were given to Poland and Czech by the Treaty of Saint Germaine
-Austria experienced enormous economic problems
-The country was reliant on foreign loans and inflation ran high throughout the 1920s.

Question 6

What were the problems in Hungary

Answer 6

-There was political chaos in hungary after ww1.
-The Hungarian Communist Party seized control over the hungarian soviet republic under the leadership of Bela Kun in march 2 ,1919.
-Kuns government mounted a violent campaign ‘Red Terror’ to remove all opposition.
-Under the terms of post war settlements Hungary lost around two-thirds of its population and industrial land to Czecho , Romania and Yugoslavia .
-Hungary suffered from major economic problems in the 1920s and relied on foreign loans