4. German Cartoon: “Fit for active service!”, 1918

5. 11 a.m., November 11, 1918 The Armistice is Signed!

6. WWI Casualties (includes wounded/maimed as well)

7. Paris Peace Conference (Jan. 1919) “The Big Three”

8. German Territorial Losses: 1919-1921

9. League of Nations Mandates in Africa

10. Europe after the Peace Settlement

11. 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

13. Otto Dix Prague Street 1920

14. The “Stabbed in the Back” Theory Disgruntled German WWI veterans

15. The French in the Ruhr: 1923

16. The German Mark

17. The German Mark

18. The Dawes Plan (1924)

19. 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 1919.  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 1919.  Germany signed treaties with Poland and Czechoslovakia, agreeing to change the eastern borders of Germany by arbitration only.

20. League of Nations Members

21. 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.

23. The Great Depression (1929-41) Paris in 1930 London in 1930

24. Black Tuesday (Oct.29, 1929)

25. European Debts to the United States

26. The Depression & World Trade (1929-32)

27. Mass Unemployment during the Depression

28. 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!

29. Political Representation: Weimar Germany (1920-33) Political Parties in the Reichstag May 1924 Dec. 1924 May 1928 Sep. 1930 July 1932 Nov. 1932 Mar. 1933 Communist Party (KPD) 624554778910081 Social Democratic Party (SDP) 100131153143133121120 Catholic Centre Party (BVP) 81887887979093 Nationalist Party (DNVP) 9510373413752 Nazi Party (NSDAP) 321412107230196288 Other Parties102112121122223523