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Path to WWII
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Treaty of Versailles
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Peace without Victory
Wilson's Fourteen Points
No winners and no losers! Just an end to the fighting.
International Agreements
League of Nations
Treatment of Germany
Return of all lands acquired during the war.
Free Trade
International Freedom of
the Seas
Arms Reduction
Established to give a forum
to resolve conflicts before
they escalated to a war.
Protect independence of all nations.
Outcome
The Versailles Treaty:
1. Stripped Germany of 13% of its territory and
1/10 of its population.
2. The Rhineland was occupied by Allied Troops
and demilitarized.
3. Germany colonies were taken over by the
League of Nations
4. The Germany army was reduced to 100,000
men and it could not raise and train any more
troops.
5. All of its weapons were confiscated. Its navy was stripped of the large war vessels.
6. The emperor was put on trial for war crimes.
7. They were solely responsible for the war reparations. 269 billion gold marks ($37 billion)
After the War
The phrase they wanted included in the Treaty was that all nations and peoples be equal and receive just treatment "without regard to race or nationality"
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Imperial Japanese Army:
* Battle of Tsingtao
* Russian Campaign
Imperial Japanese Navy:
Transport
Blockade
Patrols
Anti-Submarine Warfare
Britain refused because it had colonies to control.
Japan
Battle of Tsingtao, China
5,000 Germans hold off 28,000 troops of the Imperial Japanese Army for a few weeks but then surrender and are taken prisoners of war.
First naval based aerial assault!
Europe the Between Years 1919-1939
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* Tensions between nations.
* Global Depression
* Move to non-democratic governments
*Growing anti-communism sentiment
In Germany...
Racism
Nazism
Nationalism
1933
First Steps toward War
Warm-up activity
Step 1
The League had no power to stop Germany.
Allies became passive with regards to the events taking place in Germany
Being Passive
feelings of guilt for the Treaty
Sympathy for the German people who were devastated by the sanctions.