Unit 5: Aftermath of WW2

Mein Kampf (My Struggle)

Adolf Hitler's autobiography, published in 1925, which also contains Hitler's political ideology

Adolf Hitler

German dictator who started WW2 and committed genocide

How did these decisions contribute to post-war problems?

Germany emerged from the war an even stronger power in eastern Europe. Germany would have to pay back loans.

Treaty of Versailles

The 1919 peace settlement that ended WW1; declared Germany responsible for the war, limited Germany's army to one hundred thousand men, and forced Germany to pay huge reparations.

What were the important decisions made at the Paris Peace Conference? Who made them?

The Big Three: United States, Great Britain, and France established the League of Nations. The Treaty of Versailles re-establishing international order.

League of Nations

a permanent international organization established during the 1919 Paris Peace Conference to protect member states from aggression and avert future wars.

14 Points

it advocated for an international organization to be established that would be responsible for helping to keep peace among the nations. This organization was later established and called the League of Nations.