1.4 Picking up the pieces after the war

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1.4 Picking up the pieces after the war

German prisoners captured during the last British  offensive (Battle of the Somme)

Goals for this lesson

At the end of this lesson you can...

• name the main points in the Treaty of Versailles and the different viewpoints of the 'Big Three' about the treaty.
• explain the terms 'self-determination' and 'League of Nations'.
• Give an argumented opinion whether you agree with the outcome of the treaty.

Put these events in the correct chronological order...

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Russians (Lenin) signs a treaty with the Germans

Russian Revolution

Armistice on the western front 

German spring offensive

Look at the map. This map show the situation in the year....

1. 1914
2. 1915
3. 1916
4. 1918

Spring offensive (1918)

• Failed attempt to break through the allied lines by the Germans.

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Why did the stalemate turn in favour of the Allied powers after the USA joined the war?

Armistice 

• = Agreement to stop fighting for a certain time.
• 11 November 1918 (11:00).
• Formally the Germans did not surrender, but they signed for a withdrawal across the Rhine.
• Signed in a railroad car.

The Big Three

France

1. David Lloyd George

Great Britain

2. Georges Clemenceau

France

3. Woodrow Wilson

USA

1. Fourteen Points

• Wilson (USA).
•  Goal is preventing another war.
• Independence for many nations.

2. French and British expectations

• They want reparations for all damages.
• Material compensation.
• They want Germany to take the blame for the war.

3. League of Nations

• The Allied countries set up this organisation.
• It would be a place where countries could settle disagreements by talking instead of fighting.
• Germany was  not included.

4. National self-determination

• = The right of people (a group of people that share the same culture: a nation) to form a nation state
  

Who had to pay for all the damage done?

5. Who had to pay for all the damage

• The war was Germany’s fault
  
• Germany needs to pay huge reparations
  
• Hand back territory and colonies
  
• Demilitarization