Peace to end all war

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The title of this learning unit has been taken from the book A Peace to End All PeaceW-Logo.gif(English) which describes how the peace after world war 1 created boundaries and fault lines that cause conflicts and wars even today.

The United States hesitated to get involved in the European War. When they entered in 1917, they made clear, they didn't want to conquer land or get riches.

Instead President Wilson introduced the Fourteen PointsW-Logo.gif(English) which should reorganize diplomacy and create everlasting peace between the war-torn countries.

territorial reorganisation of central Europe

Territorial Changes after WW1 (red: newly created states)



It wasn't all bad!

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Content

  1. League of Nations - solving conflicts peacefully
  2. Every nation should have its own state
  3. Promises broken - Italy or the Roman Empire
  4. Breakup of the Ottoman empire
  5. Poland to the sea
  6. Czeck it out!

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