Introduction to the interbellum

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The Interbellum 1919 - 1939

A super quick recap

WW1 - global destructive conflict

Outcomes

League of Nations

An international Organisation to solve problems with diplomacy, not war

Outcomes

Nice idea, total failure

We are going to look at why it failed so badly and why the 20s and 30s led to WW2

Russia has a very bad WW1

Leads to the Russian Revolution

Italy fights for the Allies but gains almost nothing after the war

Leads to Fascism

Outcomes

Germany and the central powers lose

The treaty of Versailles is extremely harsh on Germany

Democracy fails

For the next two weeks

Russia - Communism

Italy - Fascism

Germany - The failure of democracy

Today

1. What is a revolution?

2. The causes of the Russian Revolution

What is a revolution?

The Russian revolution

• Russia left WW1 because it had a revolution.
• Today you are going to watch a short movie about what Russians wanted from their revolution and why it happened.

• You are going to need a piece of paper and a pen