WORLD WAR I
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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It didn’t want to
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They had to prove they were peace loving
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The Armistice said they could not
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The USA would not allow them to
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Detailed explanation-1: -Germany was not allowed to join the League in 1919. As Germany had started the war, according to the Treaty of Versailles, one of her punishments was that she was not considered to be a member of the international community and, therefore, she was not invited to join.
Detailed explanation-2: -Why were the German people not prepared to accept the harsh peace terms of the Versailles Treaty? The German press did not accurately report the course of the war. They believed the war had been closer to a draw. Also, little of the war had been fought on German soil.
Detailed explanation-3: -A “dictated peace?” The newly formed German democratic government saw the Versailles Treaty as a “dictated peace” (Diktat). The war guilt clause, huge reparation payments, and limitations on the German military seemed particularly oppressive to most Germans.
Detailed explanation-4: -Hitler had an overriding ambition for territorial expansion, which was largely driven by his desire to reunify the German peoples and his pursuit of Lebensraum, “living space” that would enable Germans to become economically self-sufficient and militarily secure.