PPT-History 12 Ms Leslie France, Germany and the UK in the 1920’s

Washington Naval Agreements of 1922 Between USA Britain France Italy and Japan Placed limits on warships for all major powers Battleships only no cruisers destroyers or subs But . Four possible outcomes…. Germany did start the war…it was all their fault. Germany was mainly responsible for the start of the war, but other countries should also be to blame. All of the major powers helped to start a war, they are all to blame in some way. THE WEIMAR REPUBLIC. 1918/19: Founding the republic (suppression of the radical Left, constitution writing, disappointment at Versailles). 1920/23: Inflation turns into hyper-inflation (shortages, windfall profits, the Ruhr Struggle of 1923, uprisings by the radical Left and Right). Modernisation. and Anti-Americanism. Mini-overview of . Post-war . Global Economy. Bretton Woods 1944. Conference in New Hampshire. Allies meet to set up postwar economy. Currencies pegged to price of gold. Otto von Bismarck. The creation of a single Germany state had been a long- standing ambition of most German-speaking peoples. This was achieved in 1871, under the leadership of Prussia.. France had been the dominant European power before the creation of Germany. France had tried to stop unification by going to war with Prussia in 1870. She was humiliatingly defeated. Germany took the French provinces of Alsace and Lorraine. . and Empire. HI290- History of Germany. The . Bismarckian. System. After 1871 Germany needed peace and stability in order to consolidate the gains of the Wars of Unification.. Bismarck thus needed to persuade Europe that Germany was a “satiated power”.. The Major Powers on the eve of the War. The Decline of the Age of Empires:. The Great Powers Before 1914. Germany. Great Britain. France. The Russian Empire. Austria-Hungary. Germany. T. he leader of Germany was Kaiser . Modernisation. and Anti-Americanism. Mini-overview of . Post-war . Global Economy. Bretton Woods 1944. Conference in New Hampshire. Allies meet to set up postwar economy. Currencies pegged to price of gold. History 12 Ms Leslie. Country devastated after WWI. The population was starving due to British blockades, the navy mutinied and people rioted in the streets. . The Kaiser, Wilhelm II, abdicated his throne on November 9, 1918, to make way for the Weimar republic. . Four possible outcomes…. Germany did start the war…it was all their fault. Germany was mainly responsible for the start of the war, but other countries should also be to blame. All of the major powers helped to start a war, they are all to blame in some way. WW1 Facts. 10 million killed or MIA - 22 million wounded. 60% chance of being killed or wounded (91% if in Austrian army). 260 killed every hour. Half of the dead of Great War have no known grave.. The Spanish Influenza of 1918 killed 51 million people worldwide!. 1. What role did the Italian city-states play in promoting the Renaissance?. Center of Europe’s economic, political and cultural life. Merchant families = “new” wealth. Internal tensions & external rivalries between city states = creative energy and competition. The World War . I Era 1900-1919. Causes of WW 1. Nationalism. Industrialism. Imperialism . Militarism . Alliances. Militarism. The glorification of the military.. It grew partly out of social Darwinism.. Silke. ). Elementary German 101. Frau . Panaccione. 1 December 2016. Overview of History of Germany and . its Effect On Its Geographical Borders. (5. th. – 19. th. Centuries). . Photo Credit: www.mapsofworld.com/germany . Conflict & Tension. The Treaty of Versailles. Lesson 1: The Aims of the Big Three. Who were the Big Three?. Georges Clemenceau, Prime Minister of France. David Lloyd-George, Prime Minister of Britain.