History/The Origins of World War II/Introduction

The effects of the war

 * Peace through treaties:
 * Treaty of St Germain (with Austria)
 * Treaty of Neuilly (with Bulgaria)
 * Treaty of Versailles (with Germany)
 * Demilitarisation
 * Germany wasn't allowed in the Rhineland.
 * France occupied the Rhineland.
 * Germany later went on to invade the Rhineland in 1936, under Hitler's orders.
 * War Debt/Reparations
 * 6.6 billion pounds, later reduced in the Young Plan of 1929
 * Germany was given the blame for the war.
 * Germans didn't find this at all fair, causing bitterness and hatred towards the four 'powers', America, Italy, France and Britain.
 * Creation of the League of Nations
 * America didn't join, which highly disadvantaged the League.
 * Germany wasn't allowed to join either, until 1926