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Topic 2: World War - Coggle Diagram
Topic 2: World War
Treaty of Versailles
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Germany was finally forced to request an armistice on November 11, 1918, bringing World War I to an end.
By the fall of 1918, the Central Powers were crumbling on all fronts.
By the Treaty of Versailles, Germany lost approximately one tenth of its territory.
World War I officially ended with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles on June 28, 1919
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Consequences of War
Four empires were dismembered by the war: Russia, Austria-Hungary, Turkey and Germany, and revolutions took place in these countries.
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Four empires were dismembered by the war: Russia, Austria-Hungary, Turkey and Germany.
Two new great figures: Woodrow Wilson (proposed the creation of the League of Nations) and Vladimir Lenin (proclaimed the world socialist revolution).
It has been estimated that the number of civilian deaths attributable to the war exceeded the number of military casualties.
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Paris Conference
Due to the Treaty of Versailles, Germany was forced to cede territories and to pay a huge indemnity.
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In November 1918 Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey and the rest of the Allies called for concord.
The European Allies had accepted most of the "Fourteen Points," the idealistic peace program established by President Wilson in January 1918.
Austria-Hungary was separated into two small republics by another treaty and the empire was dissolved.
Causes of the war
Armed Peace
They built large warships, cannons, machine guns, airplanes and other elements of warfare.
The Balkans Revolution
Located in the southeast of the European continent, it was a place of tensions, wars and conflicts because it was the gateway to the East.
Allied Powers
Because of the Central Powers, Great Britain, France and Russia
formed “Allied Powers”.
Central Powers
"Central Powers", formed by Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy.
War breaks out
On June 28, 1914, Franz Ferdinand was assassinated
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By the middle of the second decade of the century, countries were prepared for war
Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, was killed together with his wife by a group of soldiers.
Four years of Bloody War
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Russia, Belgium, France, Great Britain and Serbia had aligned against Austria-Hungary and Germany.
Germany, invading France through Belgium in the west and taking on Russia in the east.
The Eastern Front
German and Austro-Hungarian armies faced the Russian armies, numerous but ill-equipped and poorly armed
The Western Front
1914, German troops crossed the border into Belgium
Conflicts scalate
Great Britain, France, Germany, Austria-Hungary and Russia had agreements and tensions
Naval rivalry grew between countries, especially between Britain and Great Britain and Germany
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America entered the war
In 1917, Congress passed a $250 million arms procurement bill to prepare the United States for war.
The United States stayed out of World War I.
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Technology of war
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Machine guns and rapid-fire artillery, when used in combination with barbed wire trenches and emplacements
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