Accepted Responsibility, reduction in armed forces, demilitarized Rhineland, reparations,Saar
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What was Clemenceau unhappy about?
felt it was not harsh enough, should have no army at all, larger reparations, should have saar for longer
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What was Wilson happy about?
self-determination, League of Nations
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What was Wilson unhappy about?
colonies ran as mandates, refusal to join the League, too harsh - seek revenge
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What was Lloyd George happy about?
war guilt, receiving some reparations, navy supremacy, gain in territory
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What was Lloyd George unhappy about?
too harsh- seek revenge, could not trade, economy would collapse
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What was the Assembley?
an international parliament of the League, met once a year, all votes had to be unanimous
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What was the Council?
countries had the veto power on the assembly, it could stop a ruling
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What was the Secretariat?
it was in charge of administration of the League
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What were the commissions?
special groups to tackle issues the League was worried about such as the slavery commission
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When and what was the locarno treaty?
1925 - Germany and France signed to accept borders after the treaty and other countries signed to not go to war with each other
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When and what was the Kellogg-Briand pact?
1928 - 6 countries met to agree not to use war to solve disputes, it happened outside the League
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When and what was the rapallo treaty?
1922 - Germany returned money and land it took from Russia from the treaty of Brest-Litovsk
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When and what was the washington arms conference?
1921-22 encouraged disarmament however countries attended individually rather than through the League
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Why did Italy want abyssinia?
It had good natural resources, Mussolini wanted to expand the empire, he wanted to restore national pride
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What happened in december 1934?
Italian soldiers clashed with Abbysinians at Wal Wal
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In January 1935 what did Laval do?
met and made secret agreements with Mussolini not to interfere with Abyssinia
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When did Mussolini enter Abyssinia?
1935
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What did the League do with Abyssinia?
Failed - trade sanctions didn't include oil or coal, could trade with Usa, arms sanctions on Abyssinia, failure to close suez canal - wanted as an ally
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What were Hitler's aims?
Overturn the Treaty of Versailles, rearm Germany to make it strong, take lebensraum in the east, unite volksdeutsche, anscluss, destroy communism
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What was the Dollfuss affair?
He was Austrian chancellor and in 1934 he banned the Austrain Nazis, Hitler ordered them to create havoc and they murdered dollfuss, his plan failed when Mussolini moved his troops to the border
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When and what was the Saar Plebiscite?
1935 - a plebiscite held at the end of 15 years between France and Germany, 90 percent voted Germany and Hitler used this as propaganda
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When and what was the Stresa Front?
Agreement between France, Britain and Italy to gurantee terms of the locarno treaty and stop Hitler breaking terms
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When and what was the Anglo-German naval agreement?
1935 - allowed Hitler to expand his navy to 35% of the size of Britain's - it ensure naval supremacy, ignored terms of the Treaty
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When and what was the nations disarmament conference?
1933 - Hitler stormed out as France would not disarm - Germany then left the League of Nations
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What reason did Hitler give to remilitarise the Rhineland?
France and the USSR signed a pact to support each other if Germany invaded - Hitler said he felt threatened
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What happened on the 7th of March 1936?
Hitler marched 22,000 soldiers into the Rhineland defying the terms of the Treaty
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What was Clemenceau unhappy about?
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felt it was not harsh enough, should have no army at all, larger reparations, should have saar for longer
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