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VIII-The End of World War I A) Numerical Superiority • 1) Now that America has entered the war, the Allies have two million fresh troops. • 2) America wins several battles that break the German lines and force them slowly back to the French/German border • 3) Germany is quickly losing the war and decides to surrender before the front line moves into Germany itself. • 4) In Nov of 1918 Germany surrenders B) WW1’s Human Costs • 1) 100,000 Americans are killed in combat • 2) 1 million British dead • 3) 1.5 million French dead • 4) 1.7 million Russian dead • 5) 2 million German/Austrian dead • 6) Estimated 10 million wounded XI- Treaty of Versailles • A) Leniency-America wanted Europe to take it easy on Germany after the war. • 1) President Wilson wanted to create a “peace without end” • 2) If peace was to last, Germany had to be accepted back into the neighborhood • 4) England and France wanted to punish Germany for the destruction and death caused by the war. • 5) England and France wanted Germany to pay heavy REPARATIONS • a) Reparationspayments or fines for damages and death • 6) America is overruled and Germany is forced to sign the Treaty of Versailles. • B) The treaty– Made Germany pay heavy reparations which wreak the German economy – Limited the size of Germany’s Army and Navy – Germany is forced to accept the blame for causing the war • 1) This treaty will create great amounts of anger, shame and resentment among the German people. • 2) In 15 years a young German WW1 vet will harness this German anger and use it to create a new German political party- • • • • • • • Step by Step Adolf Hitler ripped up the dictated Treaty of Versailles! 1933 Germany leaves the League of Nations created by Versailles 1934 Reconstruction of the Wehrmacht, the navy and the Luftwaffe begun! 1935 Saarland brought back home! Armed power of the Reich regained! 1936 Rheinland completely liberated! 1937 The myth of war guilt ceremoniously extinguished! 1938 Germany and Austria united in the Reich! Greater Germany achieved! Therefore the whole of Germany will acknowledge its liberator on 10 April. Adolf Hitler All say: YES! • 3) Adolph Hitler will lead the Nazi party to take over Germany and regain Germany’s “stolen pride” • 4) Hitler breaks all of the Treaty of Versailles articles and invades France in 1939 starting WWII.