Please enable JavaScript.

Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.

Causes of WWII - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Helped the SPD appear to be the better of the poltical parties
  - - - Agreed to give Hitler more land
      - Only fueled his need for power and accepted his policy of lebensraum in certain ways
  - - - Austria was not getting help from any other nations
- - - - French occupation of the Ruhr- took away one of Germany's most resource nutrient areas; meant that Germany could not make a great deal of money from the Ruhr for a while
- - - - Munich Agreement
    - - Seen after the Munich Agreement, in which Germany invaded Poland anyways
  - - - Would be cheaper for Italy, as she would be able to afford just one larger military than paying for the two militaries in her two separate colonies
    - - Britain later imposed sanctions on arms sales to both Abyssinia and Italy
        
        Embargo did not stop Italy from trying to take over Abyssinia
  - - - Allowed Germany to rearm to around 35% of Britain's naval capacities
        
        Broke up the Stresa Front, as it was allowing Germany to do the one thing the front was created to do: rearm any further
- - - - The Central Powers were not invited to the Paris Peace Conference
        
        Found the treaty terms unfair
      - Goals each power wanted to accomplish with the TOV
        
        George Clemenceau (France): Wanted to protect France from another German attack
        
        Sought heavy reparations and German demilitarization - harshest of the powers against Germany
        
        George Lloyd (U.K.): Wanted to rebuild Germany and her economy to establish a strong trading partner for the U.K.
        
        Vittorio Orlando (Italy): Wanted to expand Italy's territorial
        
        Woodrow Wilson (USA): Suggested they follow his 14 Points, and denied Italy's territorial demands
        
        14 Points involved things such as freedom of trade between nations, navigation of the sea, and of nations in general (like Russia, Austria-Hungary, and Poland). Wanted to establish and hand over territories to certain nations, like clearly drawing Italy's frontiers and returning Alsace-Lorraine to France
        
        Other nations did not want to incorporate Wilson's 14 Points into the treaty
      - Terms of the TOV:
        
        Forced Germany to give up around 10% of her territories and all oversea possessions, including returning Alsace-Lorraine to France
        
        Demilitarization and occupation of the Rhineland
        
        Limited Germany's military to 100,000 troops
        
        Forbidden to have an air force or U-boats
        
        France occupied the Saar for 15 years
        
        Area rich in coal - made it harder for Germany to rebuild her economy and pay off reparations
        
        Germany had to pay reparations from the war
        
        132 billion marks (approximately $400 billion in 2020)
        
        Redrew the map of Europe
        
        Took territories from Germany, Russia, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire. Austria-Hungary was disintegrated into different states