German Cartoon: “Fit for active service!”, 1918
11 a.m., November 11, 1918 The Armistice is Signed!
WWI Casualties (includes wounded/maimed as well)
Paris Peace Conference (Jan. 1919) “The Big Three”
German Territorial Losses:
League of Nations Mandates in Africa
Europe after the Peace Settlement
IMPACT OF PEACE SETTLEMENT: NOBODY WAS HAPPY!!!! (Mo’ Nations, Mo’ Problems) Frustrations over settlement lead directly to fascism, Nazism & World War II Birth of the modern Middle East conflict
Otto Dix Prague Street 1920
The “Stabbed in the Back” Theory Disgruntled German WWI veterans
The French in the Ruhr: 1923
The German Mark
The German Mark
The Dawes Plan (1924)
Treaty of Locarno (1925) Austin Chamberlain (Br.) Aristide Briand (Fr.) Gustave Stresemann (Ger.) Guaranteed the common boundaries of Belgium, France, and Germany as specified in the Treaty of Versailles of Germany signed treaties with Poland and Czechoslovakia, agreeing to change the eastern borders of Germany by arbitration only. Guaranteed the common boundaries of Belgium, France, and Germany as specified in the Treaty of Versailles of Germany signed treaties with Poland and Czechoslovakia, agreeing to change the eastern borders of Germany by arbitration only.
League of Nations Members
Kellogg-Briand Pact (1928) 15 nations committed to outlawing aggression and war for settling disputes. Problem no way of enforcement. 15 nations committed to outlawing aggression and war for settling disputes. Problem no way of enforcement.
The Great Depression ( ) Paris in 1930 London in 1930
Black Tuesday (Oct.29, 1929)
European Debts to the United States
The Depression & World Trade ( )
Mass Unemployment during the Depression
Most Successful Response to Depression: Scandinavian Countries Social Democrats control the government substantial welfare programs for workers & peasants used large-scale deficits to fund public works high taxes on rich & large bureaucracy A MIDDLE WAY BETWEEN CAPITALISM & SOCIALISM!
Political Representation: Weimar Germany ( ) Political Parties in the Reichstag May 1924 Dec May 1928 Sep July 1932 Nov Mar Communist Party (KPD) Social Democratic Party (SDP) Catholic Centre Party (BVP) Nationalist Party (DNVP) Nazi Party (NSDAP) Other Parties