Introduction

The Origins of World War II
Introduction	The Great War 1914-1918

1914-1918: The Great War

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

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