WORLD WAR I
CAUSES AND COURSE OF THE WAR
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Soviet occupation
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political instability
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overseas expansion
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economic prosperity
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Detailed explanation-1: -The controversial War Guilt clause blamed Germany for World War I and imposed heavy debt payments on Germany. The Treaty of Versailles was a major contributing factor in the outbreak of the Second World War.
Detailed explanation-2: -Outside Europe, Germany lost all its colonies. In sum, Germany forfeited 13 percent of its European territory (more than 27, 000 square miles) and one-tenth of its population (between 6.5 and 7 million people).
Detailed explanation-3: -The Treaty of Versailles (signed in 1919) and the 1921 London Schedule of Payments required Germany to pay 132 billion gold marks (US$33 billion [all values are contemporary, unless otherwise stated]) in reparations to cover civilian damage caused during the war.
Detailed explanation-4: -Introduction. The Treaty of Versailles was signed by Germany and the Allied Nations on June 28, 1919, formally ending World War One. The terms of the treaty required that Germany pay financial reparations, disarm, lose territory, and give up all of its overseas colonies.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Versailles Treaty forced Germany to give up territory to Belgium, Czechoslovakia and Poland, return Alsace and Lorraine to France and cede all of its overseas colonies in China, Pacific and Africa to the Allied nations.