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A)GeographyB)CausesC)WarfareD)Outcome
WORLD WAR 1
1914 - 1918
CasualtiesMore than 8.5 million
people were dead
More than 16 million
wounded
Famine in many regions
More than 50 million people
died from the Influenza
Pandemic (1918-1919)
WWI - HUMAN TOLL
Political Turmoil
4 collapsed empires : Russia, Germany, Austria-Hungary &
Ottoman
Radical political parties emerged to build new social orders
from the chaos
Colonies began to revolt as colonial troops returned home –
Europe was no longer seen as invincible
Financial Situation
France to Russia - homes, farms, factories, roads & cities in
rubble
WWI – POLITICAL IMPACT
27 nations participated
France, England & United States dominated
Russia was immersed in civil war
THE PARIS PEACE CONFERENCE THE BIG THREE – JANUARY 1919
Forced Germany to accept full responsibility
for the War
Ended the Paris Peace Conference and
Punished Germany in 3 Areas
1. Financial Reparations
2. Territorial provisions
3. Military provisions
THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES, JUNE 1919
Within 20 years of signing the treaty, Europe was at
war Germany simmered with revenge for the humiliation
Italy was angry, it did not receive promised territory
Japan was angry for not securing claims to China
Russia resented being excluded from the peace process & for the
creation of new nations on land that had been part of Russia
Peoples from Africa, Asia and the Middle East felt betrayed by the
Europeans
The failures of the Paris Peace Conference lead to the
rise of Fascism, dictators, revolution and World War II
FAILURES OF THE PARIS PEACE CONFERENCE
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