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Bolshevik Revolution in Russia
A revolution happened in Imperial Russia, ending with the Bolsheviks taking over and turning the country into a communist Soviet Russia. This led to them signing the Brest-Litovsk. -
Treaty of Brest- Litovsk (Germany and Russia)
The Brest-Litovsk treaty was a treaty signed between Germany and the USSR, allowing the Germans to take a major chunk of the Russian's land: Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Georgia and Finland. -
Opening of the Paris Peace Conference at Versailles
The Paris Peace Conference, which opened on January 18th 1919 in Versailles, brought together the victors of WWI to prepare and negotiate Peace treaties. -
Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles was the Peace Treaty that resulted from the Paris Peace Conference. Summed up, this Treaty was basically a punishment/'war guilt' with made Germany and the Central powers take the blame for WWI. Additionally, the treaty made the losers lose territory, reduce their militaries, and caused them to pay reparations to the Allies for damages caused by the war. -
Treaty of Saint Germain
This Treaty was signed by Austria and twenty-seven Allied and associated countries. This treaty officially ended WWI for the successor states of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. -
Treaty of Neuilly
This treaty ended the aggression between the Allies and Bulgaria. Under the terms, Bulgaria accepted blame and agreed to a programme of disarmament and reparation. -
Treaty of Trianon
The Treaty of Trianon set the terms of peace for Hungary after WWI. The Allies not only imposed harsh terms, but Hungary also lost 2/3 of its prewar territory and 3/5 of its prewar population. -
Treaty of Sevres
This treaty was signed between the Allies of WWI and the Ottoman Empire. The treaty gave large parts of territory to France, the UK, Greece and Italy. Additionally, it created large occupation zone within the Ottoman Empire -
Treaty formally ending the war between the USA and Germany
Signed in Berlin on August 25, 1921. The United States Senate advised ratification on October 18, 1921 and the treaty was ratified by President Harding on October 21, 1921. -
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Washington Conferences
These conferences were called by the USA and was held in Washington D.C. The point of the conferences were for disarmament. The conferences were attended by US, Japan, China, France, the UK, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Portugal. Germany wasn't invited due to the already set military/arms restrictions it had due to the Treaty of Versailles. The Soviet Union was also not invited. -
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World Disarmament Conference
The world's largest naval powers gathered in Washington for a conference to discuss naval disarmament and ways to relieve growing tensions in East Asia. -
Treaty of Rapallo (Germany and the USSR
The Treaty of Rapallo was between Germany and the USSR. The result of the Treaty was that both nations renounced all territorial and financial claims against each other. -
The Genoa Conference
This conference was a post war conference held in Genoa, Italy. The point of the conference was to discuss the economic reconstruction of Central and Eastern Europe and to find ways to improve relations between Soviet Russia and European capitalist regimes. -
French Occupation of the Ruhr
The Occupation of the Ruhr was a point in time in which France and Belgium troops occupied the Ruhr River valley region. This occupation took away Germany's main source of resources, making it hard for them to find materials. -
The Treaty of Lausanne
This treaty was signed after a seven month conferences. The Treaty recognized the boundaries of the modern state Turkey. -
The Dawes Plan
The Dawes plan caused the annual reparations that Germany had to pay to be reduced, however increasing over time as their economy improved. -
Locarno Conference
The Locarno Conference was a series of agreements between different nation to mutually guarantee Peace in Western Europe -
Kellogg-Briand Pact
This pact had two clauses. The first one was that it outlawed war as an instrument of national policy. The second one was that signatories needed to settle their disputes by peaceful means -
Wall Street Crash
The Wall Street Crash was a major American stock market crash in which the share prices on the New York Stock Exchange collapsed. -
The Young Plan
The Young Plan gave an end date (1988) for the reparation payments that Germany had to pay and it also cut down their debt from 6.6 billion to 2 billion.