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THE END OF THE WAR
Peace treaties
Peace was finally declared via five treaties
signed separately by the defeated powers
All of them signed
in palaces on the outskirts of Paris
known collectively as the Treaties of Paris
Treaty of Versailles (1919)
signed with Germany
This included
military
agreements
economic
territorial
their harsh conditions were viewed
by the German people as a humiliation
The principle of collective security
led to the creation of the League of Nations
Its objectives were
to establish international relations
in which peace was the fundamental principle
the end of the war
did not mean the end of the difficulties
as another series of conflicts
was unleashed once it ended
such as
Polish-Soviet war
Greek-Turkish war
Terms of Treaty of Versailles
Treaty imposed on Germany
payment of high financial compensation
for the winners
For example, the Saar mining region
had to send all its coal production
to France
creation of a demilitarised zone
in the German territory bordering France
and limiting the German army
to 100,000 men
exclusion from the League of Nations
prohibition of any attempt at union between
Germany
Austria
Consequences of the war
The deep and tragic consequences
demonstrated modern warfare’s
massive potential for destruction
The consequences
were
Political consequences
international organisation was created
to keep the peace
League of Nations
United States emerged
against an exhausted Europe
as a great world power
The
Ottoman
German
Russian
Austro-Hungarian
empires disappeared
were very important
Economic losses
Great Britain became
the most indebted country
while the United States became
the largest creditor of European debt
due to the costs of the war
Germany had to pay a high price
in war compensation to other countries
Countries who suffered the most were
France
Belgium
Russia
Serbia
Human losses
The most affected were
French
Austro-Hungarian
empires
along with the British Empire
German
The Russian
higher number of people
wounded
missing
maimed
more than 7 million civilian deaths
more than 10 million soldiers killed
were enormous
Many territorial consquences
as a consequence of the disintegration
of the Austro-Hungarian Empire
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
appeared
Austria
Yugoslavia
after the disappearance
of the Russian Empire
Latvia
declared independence
Estonia
Finland
Lithuania
in the place of the Ottoman Empire
Turkey
the beginnings of the future Saudi Arabia
were created
the rest was divided between
Great Britain
France
territory of Alsace-Lorraine
was returned to France
Poland resurfaced by adding territories
from
German
Russian
empires
Denmark regained territories
won by Prussia
during the reunification of Germany
Greece and Romania expanded
at the expense of
Russia
Austria-Hungary
Bulgaria
German colonies
in Africa and the Pacific
were divided between
British
empires
French
Belgium
Japanese
female labour force
replaced men in the factories
during the war
opened the doors
for the incorporation of women
into the world of work
After the war
many women kept their jobs
different countries began to grant
women the right to vote
