This essay plan offers a thorough examination of the diplomatic landscape in Europe from the aftermath of World War I to the early years of the Weimar Republic. It evaluates the fairness and repercussions of the Treaty of Versailles, detailing its political and economic impacts on Germany. The plan...
The Treaty of Versailles was a fair and reasonable peace. To what extent do you agree with the statement
The Treaty of Versailles was a harsh and unfair peace. To what extent do you agree with the statement
Intro : undoubtably harsh and unfair on
Germany ,
with severe repercussions upon the future stability of the new Weimar republic
↳ the treaty played a major role in
undermining the republic politically a economically
p1 Fairness of the treaty
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article 231 : blamed Germany as the sole contributor to the WW1-similar to Fischer's view
the outbreak the
both Britain & France be viewed as contributors to of wa r as
they were major actors on t h e international scene in the
-
BUT can
years 1901-1914
↳ colonial rivalry between Britain & France
, nationalism and the system of alliances involved m o re countries than only Germany
↳ Moroccan Crisis (FVSG)
↳ on the other hand , it wa s Germany that first invaded Belgium in 1914
blame in the just J weeks from the end of been affirmed
Ev it's still impossible to ar rive to conclusion that Germany is entirely to space of wa r
,
as it has
by enforcing Article 231 in Tov
P2 Economic implication of Tor was diasterous for German economy
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Reperations -
6 billion pounds >
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contributed to emergence of political tension >
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reflected in 1923 Ruhr crisis
from Spanish flu and the British blockade hyperinflation
↳ high because Germany already suffered
>
it
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was too
the idea of French who sought revenge for humiliation of 1871 when lost Alsac-lorraine
↳I t was mainly they
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in long term the economic hardship that developed in Germany resulted in rise of support of political extremism pointed against To
,
3
1919 the Saarland started to be administrated by French under
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in the
League of Nations
industrial power was lost
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Upper Silesia went to Poland , which regained its independence
Brest-Litovsk (1918) Germany imposed even harsher ter ms of Russia that deprived Russia of Litu n ia
, Latria
, estonia
Another can also argue that Treaty of
overall : To imposed e co n o m i c restriction = too high for Germany to
Poy -> led to polarization of
society
Historian Sally Marks "the Tor was an illusion of peace"
P3 caused resentment within
TOU
Germany
"
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Germans thought that Nor was 'diktat' >
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Ian Kershaw that "it was harsh and unjust
Armed forces 100 000
army
-
-
:
,
conscription banned
-
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no submarines
no aeroplanes
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G battleships
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demilterised Rhineland
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Analysis : the TOV reshape German's border a
economy
>
-
altered
psychological fabric of the nation >
-
downfall of
government
, To what extent had the Paris Peace Treaties (1919-1923) achieved their aims by 1929. MAY 22
Intro Paris peace treaties series of European
signed by to
: we re
agreements the countries end WWI
The treaties were the TOV
,
St .
Germain (1919) ,
Trianon (1920)
,
Nevilly (1919) ,
Serres (1920)
P1 :
league of nations as a term of Tor had achieved their aims of
keeping peace by 1929
·
An Islands (1920) -
give to Finland
,
sweden agreed ·
Monsul (1924) -
give to
Iraq a turkey agreed
however had some failures : Corfu (1923) -
Britain had to intervene on its own
,
Reparations & Wa guilt clause achieved Clemencar's aim of
crippling
criminals diktat
weimar gov november signed To r
= - =
Plan did not achieve
& 6 6
.
billion reparations
>
-
loans from US 9000 m in 1924 by Dawes a Young Plan allowed Germany to rebuild its
economy ->
aims
EV :
by 1929-successful but a f te r 1929
, advertently helped Hitler to rise to power
Territorial
changes
Fiume is declared independent -
but invaded
by Mussolini in 1924 and handed ove r by Yugoslavia King
States - Czechoslovakia >
league helped to stabilize
establishment of a new
, Yugoslavia etc. them
-
·
P2 : Disarmament
·
reinforced by Locarno (1925) and Kellog
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Briand Pact (1927) -
ban war as instrument to solve disputes
P3 : St Germain (1919) ,
Trianon (1920) ,
Sevres
11920) Nevilly (1919)
,
St Germain-Austria empire break up-reparations had to be paid .
Czech Poland , Mongary Serb independent
.
,
,
Nevilly reduced Bulgarian territory weaken Bulgaria potential regional instability in reparations [Icom
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· -
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aimed to as t h re at to Balkans
Trianon-reduced Mungary's territory 23-loss of pop in ceded ter ritories Romania
, Slovakia etc.
by :
·
,
EV :
provoke nationalist feelings as in these empire a re forced to live in another country > ↑ tension
people
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