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History chapter 1: the end of WW1 - Coggle Diagram

- - - - 1908, Austria-Hungary took control of Bosnia, which was a threat to Serbia, Russia's ally, when russia made it clear that the would side with Serbia, they backed down when germany supported Austria-Hungary, russia was not prepared to have a war against germany at that time
        
        28 June 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand the future ruler of Austria-Hungary, was assassinated during a visit to the Bosnian capital, Austria-Hungary used this opportunity to defend bosnia and declare war on Serbia, which led to russia and germany being involved in the war
        
        Italy joined the war on the side of the triple entente even though it was part of the triple alliance, in order to gain more benefits, US also joined the triple entente, Russia however, left the war in 1917 when the US joined, it signed a treaty to give land and resources to germany
        
        the war ended 4 years later when germany signed an armistice to stop fighting, germany government was overthrown, Austria Hungary collapsed and the empire was no more, although they won the war, Britain lost many lives and money, france lost many lives and large parts of its industries
        
        Russia had 2 revolutions that led to a civil war and became a communist state, US became the world's greatest power and was richer and stringer by selling weapons, Japan did not take part in the war, so it could build and develop its economy and military
- - - - at the paris peace conference, the more powerful or affected by Germany during the war, which in cluded US Wilson, British David Lloyd, and French Georges Clemenceau had different ways on how they want Germany to pay the consequence of the war
        
        British David Lloyd
        
        he wanted what's best for Britain, and was left sitting on the fence between Wilson's idealism and france's harsh punishment.
        
        he wanted to rebuild Britain economy but it was difficult as Germany was Britain's second biggest trading market after the US and Germany had to be punished so building the economy again would be difficult
        
        he was also concerned about Russia, as at the time of the conference Russia was in the middle of a civil war, and he was worried Russia would emerge as a strong communist country that would spread its beliefs through revolution or war, he wanted Germany to recover economically so it could help protect against the rise of communism in Europe, however this is difficult as he was under pressure to punish Germany as it is needed for Britain safety
        
        he wanted to protect briatin and was not keen on Wilson's point in the 14 points for freedom of the seas even during war
        
        France Georges Clemenceau
        
        while the French wanted revenge, they were also worried about the future threat of Germany, Germany had a younger and larger population 65 million than France 40 million, Germany could use its people to fight a future war, since there were no fights in Germany, its industries were not damaged and could recover faster than France
        
        He also wanted Germany to be broken into many states but he would be rejected by the others, but he wanted to show his awareness of public opinion in France and protect France from another german invasion
        
        he seen France be invaded by the germans twice and did not want it to happen again. France suffered the most as there were 1.7 million deaths and was aware that the French people also wanted to punish Germany for the losses it experinced
        
        US Wilson
        
        Wilson was a person who once had his ideas, it was hard to convince him to do another idea, this led to many clashes at the conference
        
        he wanted Germany to be punished but not until it is nothing, he wanted to strengthen democracy so the german swould not let the leaders start another war, he wanted the old leadersto be replaced with new ones who want peaceful relations with other countries, he also wanted thePoles, Czechs, Slovaks, to be independently ruled rather then be ruled by the Austro-Hungarian empire
        
        however, Britain and France were worried that Wilson was too soft on Germany and that his idea on self determination was impractical
        
        the 14 points, Wilson wanted these 14 points set up so it could let the world have peace and he wanted to set up the league of nations so that conflicts can be settled without fighting