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Impact of treaties on central Europe - Coggle Diagram
Impact of treaties on central Europe
Czechoslovakia
Possibly the key country in the plans of Western Allies for the future security of Europe
Czechoslovakia was mostly carved out of the Austrian Empire, with the addition fo land from Germany
Allies wanted it to be economically and politicaqlly strong, so they made sure that it included industrial areas from the former empire
included a wide range of nationalities
Creation 3 new countries: Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia and Poland. These states were aimed to be politically and economically stable., in an area of Europe that needed stability
Poland
had been an important state in the 1600s but had been swallowed up by Russia, Germany and Austria in late 1700s
Western Allies very keen on recreating the state of Poland. wanted it to act as potential watchdog on Germany in years to come.
Hoped Poland could form barrier against any future threat from the new Communist government in Russia
Peace treaties put it together again as an independent country. Poland's western frontiers settled w/ Germany in ToV. Poland's eastern frontiers difficult to agree on.
Poland was good example of problems that arise when politicians create new states
Poland had no natural frontier (rivers, mountains...) - vulnerable to attack
Around 30% of population of Poland were not ethnically Polish- it included Russians, Germans, Jews and others
Almost from the first day, the new state was involved in fighting with Russia over the line of its eastern borders, which was eventually settled in 1921 with help of British diplomat Lord Curzon.
the border was temporarily settled at Curzon Line
In order to have access to the sea, it was given a strip of German's land around the city of Danzig which became known as the 'Polish Corridor'- its loss was bitterly resented by Germany
Yugoslavia
Most complicated state created at Paris Peace conference
formed by merging Serbia with a number of its neighbours, most of whom had been part of the old Austria-Hungary empire before war
Began life as the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes but in 1929, it changed its name to Yugoslavia which means land of the South Slavs
Yugoslavia showed Wilson's idea of self-determination in action. It was partly the desire of the South Slav people to become independent from the Austria-Hungary that had sparked off the ww1 in summer of 1914
Allies hoped that a relatively powerful and large state could be a stabilising influence in the turbulent Balkans.