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Conflict and Tension 1918-1939 - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Hatred for the Treaty of Versailles
        •Germans mainly hated Article 231(War guilt clause)
        •Germany and its allies had to accept full responsibility for starting the war and pay reperations
        •German economy in ruins
        •Had to give up rich coal fields of the saar and their overseas colonies - lost 15% of their coal and 48% of their steel
        •Humiliated by the loss in army - huge source of national pride before and during the war
        •Germany felt vulnerable and alone in ring of hostility
        •Many felt France could attack at any stage and a new threat was emerging - A communist government was now in control in Russia and no one knew how much of a threat this new system of government would be
      - Politics in Germany
        •After German Kaiser left there was no one to lead the country
        •New Democratic government set up, Weimar Republic, but some said it was not strong enough to run the country
        •People wanted one strong leader
        •Some said the government wasn't helping people fast enough
        •Many revolts broke out and the first five years after war were unstable and violent
- - - - Public Parts of The Pact
        •Germany and USSR agreed not to attack eachother
        •Each country would remain neutral if the other was attacked by another state
      - Secret Parts of The Pact
        •Germany and Russia agreed to divide Poland between them
        •Also set out which states would be part of Germany or in the power of the USSR
        •Under further agreements the USSr supplied Germany with grain, oil, and metal ores in return for industrial and military technology